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 t...
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New York :
NYU Press,
2014.
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Table of Contents:
- Cover; Making Race in the Courtroom; Title; Copyright; Dedication; 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.