Rebecca Hartkopf Schloss, Sweet Liberty: the Final Days of Slavery in Martinique (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2009). via University of Pennsylvania Press: From its founding, Martinique played an integral role in France's Atlantic empire. Established in the mid-seventeenth century as a colonial outpost against Spanish and English dominance in the Caribbean, the island was … Continue reading BOOK: Schloss on Slavery and Liberty in Martinique