Keywords:
Louisiana Purchase - Social aspects
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Description / Table of Contents:
No American city's history better illustrates both the possibilities for alternative racial models and the role of the law in shaping racial identity than New Orleans, Louisiana, which prior to the Civil War was home to America's most privileged community of people of African descent. In the eyes of the law, New Orleans's free people of color did not belong to the same race as enslaved Africans and African-Americans. While slaves were "negroes," free people of color were gens de couleur libre, creoles of color, or simply creoles. New Orleans's creoles of color remained legally and culturally d
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
Online-Ressource (262 p)
ISBN:
9780814724316
URL:
http://gbv.eblib.com/patron/FullRecord.aspx?p=1820915
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=1820915
DDC:
342.763350873
Language:
English
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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Cover; Making Race in the Courtroom; Title; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. The Gulf and Its City; 2. A Legal System in Flux; 3. "We Shall Serve with Fidelity and Zeal"; 4. Outside the Bonds of Matrimony; 5. Owning So as Not to Be Owned; 6. "When the Question Is Slavery or Freedom"; Epilogue: From Adele to Plessy; Notes; Index; About the Author
