Making Race in the Courtroom: The Legal Construction of Three Races in Early New Orleans

ISBN: 9780814724316 出版年：2014 页码：262 Aslakson New York University Press

Contents Acknowledgments ix Introduction 1 1. The Gulf and Its City 17 2. A Legal System in Flux 44 3. "We Shall Serve with Fidelity and Zeal" 67 4. Outside the Bonds of Matrimony 98 5. Owning So as Not to Be Owned 127 6. "When the Question Is Slavery or Freedom" 153 Epilogue: From Adele to Plessy 185 Notes 191 Index 241 About the Author 249