"We are who we say we are" : a Black family's search for home across the Atlantic world /

"We are who we say we are" : a Black family's search for home across the Atlantic world /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Berry, Mary Frances (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, [2015]
Subjects:
Snaer, Louis Antoine, > 1842-1917 > Family.
African American families > Biography.
Free African Americans > Biography.
Creoles > America > Biography.
African Americans > Genealogy.
African Americans > Race identity.
Blacks > America > Migrations > History.
Passing (Identity) > America > History.
New Orleans (La.) > Biography.
California > Biography.
Table of Contents:
  • Becoming colored Creole
  • Becoming Americans
  • Family troubles
  • Fighting for democracy
  • Becoming "Negroes"
  • Opportunity and tragedy in Iberia Parish
  • Mulattoes and colored Creoles
  • Just Americans
  • At home or away : we are who we say we are
  • Epilogue: Becoming "Black."