Degrees of Freedom: Louisiana and Cuba After Slavery
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As Louisiana and Cuba emerged from slavery in the late 19th Century, each faced the question of what rights former slaves could claim. Degrees of Freedom compares and contrasts these two societies in which slavery was destroyed by war, and citizenship was redefined through social and political upheaval. Both Louisiana and Cuba were rich in sugar plantations that depended on an enslaved labour force. After abolition, on both sides of the Gulf of Mexico,...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0674019326
ISBN13:9780674019324
Release Date:October 2005
Publisher:Belknap Press
Length:365 Pages
Weight:0.05 lbs.
Dimensions:1.2" x 6.4" x 9.2"
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