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- Manumission and Enslavement in New Orleans, 1846-1862

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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 the ingenious and remarkably sophisticated ways New Orleans slaves used the legal system to gain their independence and find a voice in a society that ordinarily gave them none.

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  • Sprog:
  • Engelsk
  • ISBN:
  • 9780807128800
  • Indbinding:
  • Paperback
  • Sideantal:
  • 230
  • Udgivet:
  • 1. maj 2003
  • Størrelse:
  • 152x229x0 mm.
  • 8-11 hverdage.
  • 11. december 2024
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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 the ingenious and remarkably sophisticated ways New Orleans slaves used the legal system to gain their independence and find a voice in a society that ordinarily gave them none.

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