Becoming Free, Remaining Free

Becoming Free, Remaining Free Manumission and Enslavement in New Orleans, 1846-1862

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Publisher's Synopsis

For more than 150 years, the tales of hundreds of slaves and free people of colour who used the judicial system to negotiate their freedom lay buried within the records of the New Orleans courts. This volume uncovers the details of these fascinating cases.

Book information

ISBN: 9780807128626
Publisher: Louisiana State University Press
Imprint: Louisiana State University Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 976.335
DEWEY edition: 22
Number of pages: 204
Weight: 494g
Height: 229mm
Width: 152mm
Spine width: 23mm