Becoming Free, Becoming Black: Race, Freedom, and Law in Cuba, Virginia, and Louisiana

ISBN-13: 9781108480642 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 294 str.

Alejandro de la Fuente; Ariela J. Gross

Opis

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

Recenzje

'Becoming Free, Becoming Black certainly stands as required reading for scholars of history of law and the social history of slavery in the Americas. The solid research in primary sources, combined with an original argument, among other qualities, make the book a reference of excellence on the historiographical debate on racism and law - both past and present.' Bruno Lima, Rechtsgeschichte - Legal History

Spis treści

Introduction; 1. 'A Negro and by consequence an alien': local regulations and the making of race, 1500s–1700s; 2. The 'inconvenience” of black freedom: manumission, 1500s–1700s; 3. 'The natural right of all mankind': claiming freedom in the age of revolution, 1760s–1830; 4. 'Rules … for their expulsion': foreclosing freedom, 1830s–1860; 5. 'Not of the same blood': policing racial boundaries, 1830s–1860; Conclusion: 'Home-born citizens: the significance of free people of color.