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 / Alejandro de la Fuente, Ariela J. Gross.

Author/creator	Fuente, Alejandro de la, 1963- author.
Other author/creator	Gross, Ariela Julie author.
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2020.
Description	xiv, 281 pages : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white) ; 24 cm.
Subject(s)	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. America--Race relations --History.

Series	Studies in legal history Studies in legal history. ^A58211
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.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Genre/form	History.
LCCN	2019018404
ISBN	9781108480642
ISBN	1108480640

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	E29.B53 F84 2020	✔ Available	Place Hold