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.

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Shows that the law of freedom, not slavery, determined the way that race developed over time in three slave societies.

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Bibliographic Details
Online Access:	Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Authors:	Fuente, Alejandro de la, 1963- (Author), Gross, Ariela J., 1965- (Author)
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. Blacks. Blacks > Legal status, laws, etc. Race relations. Slavery. Slavery > Law and legislation. America > Race relations > History. America. Cuba. Louisiana. Virginia. History.

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.