Making Race in the Courtroom : The Legal Construction of Three Races in Early New Orleans

Making Race in the Courtroom The Legal Construction of Three Races in Early New Orleans

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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Aslakson, Kenneth R., author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : New York University Press [2014]
Materias:
Free African Americans > Legal status, laws, etc. > Louisiana > History > 19th century.
HISTORY / United States / General.
LAW / Legal History.
Louisiana > Social aspects.
Louisiana > History > 1803-1865.
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009817328806719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • 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

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