Freedom Papers Hidden in His Shoe: Navigating Emancipation across Imperial Boundaries

A microhistorical inquiry into the life of Furcy, a man held in slavery in the French Indian Ocean colony of Île Bourbon (today Réunion), sheds light on shifting French policies and practices regarding race and slavery from the Old Regime to the general emancipation of 1848. The mobility of two ensl...

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Veröffentlicht in:	French politics, culture and society culture and society, 2015-04, Vol.33 (1), p.11-32
1. Verfasser:	Peabody, Sue
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	19th century Bengal Biographies Book publishing Boundaries Colonial history Domestic service Domestics Emancipation Family history Foreign policy France Freedom Freedoms French Empire International economic relations Jurisdiction Law Mobility Nineteenth Century Oceans Race Race relations Reunion Réunion Slavery Slaves United Kingdom
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Zusammenfassung:	A microhistorical inquiry into the life of Furcy, a man held in slavery in the French Indian Ocean colony of Île Bourbon (today Réunion), sheds light on shifting French policies and practices regarding race and slavery from the Old Regime to the general emancipation of 1848. The mobility of two enslaved domestic servants, Furcy and his mother Madeleine, who traveled between Bengal, Île Bourbon, Mauritius, and continental France, challenged French and British understandings of who could be legitimately held as slaves. Furcy's tenacious battle to win recognition of his freedom in multiple jurisdictions is a forgotten precursor to many international disputes over the juridical principle of Free Soil in the age of Emancipation.
ISSN:	1537-6370 1558-5271
DOI:	10.3167/fpcs.2015.330102