Becoming Free, Remaining Free: Manumission and Enslavement in New Orleans, 1846--1862

Becoming Free, Remaining Free: Manumission and Enslavement in New Orleans, 1846--1862

by Schafer, Judith Kelleher
  • List Price: $30.00
  • ISBN-10: 0807128805
  • ISBN-13: 9780807128800
  • Edition: Illustrated
  • Type: Paperback
  • Publisher: LSU Press

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Louisiana state law was unique in allowing slaves to contract for their freedom and to initiate a lawsuit for liberty. Judith Kelleher Schafer describes... Read more

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