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Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-06-30 - Publisher: Harvard University Press

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Laurent Dubois weaves the stories of slaves, free people of African descent, wealthy whites and French administrators into an unforgettable tale of insurrection
Colonial Citizens
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Pages: 442
Authors: Elizabeth Thompson
Categories: History
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First, a colonial welfare state emerged by World War II that recognized social rights of citizens to health, education, and labor protection.
American Citizens, British Slaves
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We hardly had our feet on the soil, when almost the first objects that greeted our vision were gibbets, and men toiling in the most abject misery, looking more
A Colony in a Nation
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