Bibliograph

Becoming free, remaining free, manumission and enslavement in New Orleans, 1846-1862, Judith Kelleher Schafer

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Becoming free, remaining free, manumission and enslavement in New Orleans, 1846-1862, Judith Kelleher Schafer

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages [167]-184) and index

resource.governmentPublication

government publication of a state province territory dependency etc

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Becoming free, remaining free

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

51297235

Responsibility statement

Judith Kelleher Schafer

Sub title

manumission and enslavement in New Orleans, 1846-1862

Table Of Contents

Laws governing manumission, 1807-1857 -- Suing for freedom: slaves in transit -- "Voleur de negres": the strange career of Jean Charles David -- Contracting for freedom and self-purchase -- Freeing slaves by will -- Manumission in New Orleans, 1855-1857 -- The struggle to stay free -- Kidnapping free people of color -- Being in the state in contravention of the law -- Desperation and self-enslavement

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