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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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Fuente, Alejandro de la, 1963- (Author), Gross, Ariela Julie (Author)
Corporate Author: Cambridge University Press
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2020.
Series:Studies in legal history.
Subjects:
Black people > America > History.
Slavery > America > History.
Black people > 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.
African Americans > Legal status, laws, etc.
Black people.
Black people > Legal status, laws, etc.
Race relations.
Slavery.
Slavery > Law and legislation.
America > Race relations > History.
AmeÌ?rique > Relations raciales > Histoire.
America.
Cuba.
Louisiana.
Virginia.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • "A Negro and by consequence an alien" : local regulations and the making of race, 1500s-1700s
  • The "inconvenience" of Black freedom : manumission, 1500s-1700s
  • "The natural right of all mankind" : claiming freedom in the Age of Revolution, 1760-1830
  • "Rules ... for their expulsion" : foreclosing freedom, 1830-1860
  • "Not of the same blood" : policing racial boundaries, 1830-1860
  • Conclusion: "Home-born citizens" : the significance of free people of color.