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"Atlantic Jewish Worlds, 1500–1900" by the McNeil Center for Early American Studies (review)

"Atlantic Jewish Worlds, 1500–1900" by the McNeil Center for Early American Studies (review) Conference Reviews { 337 were mainly negative, due to the disruption of the ports’ slave trade, first by the French and Haitian Revolutions, and then by the 1815 ban. Until relatively recently, French historians downplayed the slave trade - ’s impor tance to these ports. Trade brought wealth; faces of the enslaved appear in the details of the Bordeaux architecture, and as Black servants in French portraits. While the merchants’ experience in the French Revolution was generally negative (Nantes in particular saw high numbers of executions), the loss of Saint Dominque (wealthiest of all slave islands) had an impact which reverberated for decades. By the early nineteenth century, as Forrest details, French port cities’ economies were in serious decline. Forrest charted the growth of both French abolitionist sentiment and the countering proslavery defense. Unlike in England and Americ - a, abo litionist sentiment in France was not generally connected to religion, but rather to philosophical and economic concerns. French abolitionist p - ropa ganda, the “Amis des Noirs,” referred to Enlightenment principles to argue France’s slave-based economy was morally wrong. A strong counter-lobby sprang up in defense of plantation slavery, responding that without slavery France’s economy and hence military power http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Early American Literature University of North Carolina Press

"Atlantic Jewish Worlds, 1500–1900" by the McNeil Center for Early American Studies (review)

Gowen, Emily
Early American Literature , Volume 57 (1) – Feb 4, 2022
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Conference Reviews { 337 were mainly negative, due to the disruption of the ports’ slave trade, first by the French and Haitian Revolutions, and then by the 1815 ban. Until relatively recently, French historians downplayed the slave trade - ’s impor tance to these ports. Trade brought wealth; faces of the enslaved appear in the details of the Bordeaux architecture, and as Black servants in French portraits. While the merchants’ experience in the French Revolution was generally negative (Nantes in particular saw high numbers of executions), the loss of Saint Dominque (wealthiest of all slave islands) had an impact which reverberated for decades. By the early nineteenth century, as Forrest details, French port cities’ economies were in serious decline. Forrest charted the growth of both French abolitionist sentiment and the countering proslavery defense. Unlike in England and Americ - a, abo litionist sentiment in France was not generally connected to religion, but rather to philosophical and economic concerns. French abolitionist p - ropa ganda, the “Amis des Noirs,” referred to Enlightenment principles to argue France’s slave-based economy was morally wrong. A strong counter-lobby sprang up in defense of plantation slavery, responding that without slavery France’s economy and hence military power

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Published: Feb 4, 2022

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