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Brothels, depravity, and abandoned women : illegal sex in antebellum New Orleans /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Schafer, Judith Kelleher, 1942-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2009]
Subjects:
Women > Louisiana > New Orleans > Social conditions.
Sex customs > Louisiana > New Orleans > History.
Sex-oriented businesses > Louisiana > New Orleans > History.
Brothels > Louisiana > New Orleans > History.
Prostitution > Louisiana > New Orleans > History.
New Orleans (La.) > Social conditions.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Selling sex and the law
  • "Disgusting depravity" : sex across the color line
  • The sexual exploitation of children
  • Infamous public women
  • Larceny and robbery among prostitutes
  • Violent lives
  • The murder of a "lewd and abandoned woman" : State of Louisiana v. Abraham Parker
  • Keeping a brothel in antebellum New Orleans
  • "An ordinance concerning lewd and abandoned women."