Becoming free, becoming Black race, freedom, and law in Cuba, Virginia, and Louisiana /

Becoming free, becoming Black [electronic resource] : race, freedom, and law in Cuba, Virginia, and Louisiana / Alejandro de la Fuente, Ariela J. Gross.

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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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Main Authors: Fuente, Alejandro de la, 1963- (Author), Gross, Ariela Julie (Author)
Other title:Cambridge Core online.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge : 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.
America > Race relations > History.

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Call Number: E29.N3 F84 2020
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