Becoming Free, Remaining Free: Manumission and Enslavement in New Orleans, 1846--1862
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Louisiana state law was unique in allowing slaves to contract for their freedom and to initiate a lawsuit for liberty. Judith Kelleher Schafer describes the ingenious and remarkably sophisticated ways New Orleans slaves used the legal system to gain their independence and find a voice in a society that ordinarily gave them none. Showing that remaining free was often as challenging as becoming free, Schafer also recounts numerous cases in which free...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0807128805
ISBN13:9780807128800
Release Date:May 2003
Publisher:LSU Press
Length:230 Pages
Weight:1.00 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 6.1" x 9.1"
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19th Century Abolition African-American Studies Discrimination & Racism Education & Reference History Law Legal History Modern (16th-21st Centuries) Politics & Social Sciences Race Relations Slavery & Emancipation Social Science Social Sciences Specific Demographics State & Local WorldCustomer Reviews
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