Becoming Free, Becoming Black: Race, Freedom, and Law in Cuba, Virginia, and Louisiana
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How did Africans become 'blacks' in the Americas? Becoming Free, Becoming Black tells the story of enslaved and free people of color who used the law to claim freedom and citizenship for themselves and their loved ones. Their communities challenged slaveholders' efforts to make blackness synonymous with slavery. Looking closely at three slave societies - Cuba, Virginia, and Louisiana - Alejandro de la Fuente and Ariela J. Gross demonstrate that the...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:1108480640
ISBN13:9781108480642
Release Date:January 2020
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Length:294 Pages
Weight:1.30 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 6.6" x 9.4"
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