Becoming Free, Becoming Black

Becoming Free, Becoming Black

Race, Freedom, and Law in Cuba, Virginia, and Louisiana

Gross, Ariela J.; de la Fuente, Alejandro

Cambridge University Press

12/2021

295

Mole

Inglês

9781108468145

15 a 20 dias

438

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Introduction; 1. 'A Negro and by consequence an alien': local regulations and the making of race, 1500s-1700s; 2. The 'inconvenience" of black freedom: manumission, 1500s-1700s; 3. 'The natural right of all mankind': claiming freedom in the age of revolution, 1760s-1830; 4. 'Rules ... for their expulsion': foreclosing freedom, 1830s-1860; 5. 'Not of the same blood': policing racial boundaries, 1830s-1860; Conclusion: 'Home-born citizens: the significance of free people of color.
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manumission; race; slavery; law; freedom; history; comparative; Cuba; U.S.; Louisiana; Virginia