Becoming free, remaining free : manumission and enslavement in New Orleans, 1846-1862
For more than 150 years, the tales of hundreds of slaves and free people of colour who used the judicial system to negotiate their freedom lay buried within the records of the New Orleans courts. This volume uncovers the details of these fascinating cases
Print Book, English, ©2003
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, ©2003