Becoming free, becoming Black : race, freedom, and law in Cuba, Virginia, and Louisiana /

Becoming free, becoming Black : race, freedom, and law in Cuba, Virginia, and Louisiana /

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How did Africans become 'blacks' in the Americas? Becoming Free, Becoming Black tells the story of enslaved and free people of color who used the law to claim freedom and citizenship for themselves and their loved ones. Their communities challenged slaveholders' efforts to make blackn...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Fuente, Alejandro de la, 1963- (Author), Gross, Ariela Julie (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2020.
Series:Studies in legal history.
Subjects:
Blacks > America > History.
Slavery > America > History.
Blacks > Legal status, laws, etc. > America > History.
African Americans > Legal status, laws, etc. > History.
Slavery > Law and legislation > Cuba > History.
Slavery > Law and legislation > Louisiana > History.
Slavery > Law and legislation > Virginia > History.
America > Race relations > History.

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