Book contents
- To Be Free and French
- Critical Perspectives on Empire
- To Be Free and French
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Tables
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Part I Revolutionary Foundations
- Part II Colonial Constructions
- 3 When Blacks Broke the Chains in the “Little Paris of the Antilles”
- 4 The Trans-African Origins of Porto-Novo
- 5 An “Evolution Revolution” in Paris
- Part III Planning After Empire
- Bibliography
- Index
4 - The Trans-African Origins of Porto-Novo
from Part II - Colonial Constructions
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 19 July 2017
- To Be Free and French
- Critical Perspectives on Empire
- To Be Free and French
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Tables
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Part I Revolutionary Foundations
- Part II Colonial Constructions
- 3 When Blacks Broke the Chains in the “Little Paris of the Antilles”
- 4 The Trans-African Origins of Porto-Novo
- 5 An “Evolution Revolution” in Paris
- Part III Planning After Empire
- Bibliography
- Index
- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- To Be Free and FrenchCitizenship in France's Atlantic Empire, pp. 160 - 200Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2017