Becoming free, becoming Black : race, freedom, and law in Cuba, Virginia, and Louisiana / Alejandro de la Fuente, Ariela J. Gross.
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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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press,
2020.
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| Series: | Studies in legal history.
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| Online Access: | https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/9781108612951/type/BOOK |
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