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Becoming free, becoming Black : race, freedom, and law in Cuba, Virginia, and Louisiana
Title
Becoming free, becoming Black : race, freedom, and law in Cuba, Virginia, and Louisiana / Alejandro de la Fuente, Ariela J. Gross.
ISBN
9781108480642
1108480640
Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2020.
Physical Description
xiv, 281 pages : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white) ; 24 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
September 24, 2020
Series
Studies in legal history.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
"A Negro and by consequence an alien" : local regulations and the making of race, 1500s-1700s
The "inconvenience" of Black freedom : manumission, 1500s-1700s
"The natural right of all mankind" : claiming freedom in the Age of Revolution, 1760-1830
"Rules ... for their expulsion" : foreclosing freedom, 1830-1860
"Not of the same blood" : policing racial boundaries, 1830-1860
Conclusion: "Home-born citizens" : the significance of free people of color.
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