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CCDS & Schaeffer Center

Slaves in Paris: Hidden Lives and Fugitive Histories with Miranda Spieler

University Room: Omid & Gisel Kordestani Rooftop Conference Center (Q-801)
6 rue du Colonel Combes 75007 Paris
Wednesday, January 14, 2026 - 18:30 to 21:00

The George and Irina Schaeffer Center and the Center for Critical Democracy Studies is hosting a book launch for Miranda Spieler’s new work, Slaves in Paris. The event will feature commentary from three distinguished scholars: Anne Lafont (EHESS), Pierre Singaravélou (Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne), and Jennifer Boittin (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill).

Slaves in Paris is a pioneering biographical study of enslaved people and their struggle for freedom in prerevolutionary Paris. It traces the lives of fugitive slaves whose clandestine existences nonetheless left behind a remarkable paper trail.

Spieler reconstructs vivid and intimate portraits of men, women, and children who came to Paris from Africa, the Caribbean, and the Indian Ocean. The book is both a history of hunted people and a tribute to their extraordinary resilience.

Registration closes at Friday, January 9th at midnight CET.

 

 

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