The Resource Becoming free, becoming Black : race, freedom, and law in Cuba, Virginia, and Louisiana, Alejandro de la Fuente, Ariela J. Gross
Becoming free, becoming Black : race, freedom, and law in Cuba, Virginia, and Louisiana, Alejandro de la Fuente, Ariela J. Gross
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- Summary
- How did Africans become 'blacks' in the Americas? Becoming Free, Becoming Black tells the story of enslaved and free people of color who used the law to claim freedom and citizenship for themselves and their loved ones. Their communities challenged slaveholders' efforts to make blackness synonymous with slavery. Looking closely at three slave societies - Cuba, Virginia, and Louisiana - Alejandro de la Fuente and Ariela J. Gross demonstrate that the law of freedom - not slavery - established the meaning of blackness in law. Contests over freedom determined whether and how it was possible to move from slave to free status, and whether claims to citizenship would be tied to racial identity. Laws regulating the lives and institutions of free people of color created the boundaries between black and white, the rights reserved to white people, and the degradations imposed only on black people. -- Publisher
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xiv, 281 pages
- Contents
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- "A Negro and by consequence an alien" : local regulations and the making of race, 1500s-1700s
- The "inconvenience" of Black freedom : manumission, 1500s-1700s
- "The natural right of all mankind" : claiming freedom in the Age of Revolution, 1760-1830
- "Rules ... for their expulsion" : foreclosing freedom, 1830-1860
- "Not of the same blood" : policing racial boundaries, 1830-1860
- Conclusion: "Home-born citizens" : the significance of free people of color
- Isbn
- 9781108480642
- Label
- Becoming free, becoming Black : race, freedom, and law in Cuba, Virginia, and Louisiana
- Title
- Becoming free, becoming Black
- Title remainder
- race, freedom, and law in Cuba, Virginia, and Louisiana
- Statement of responsibility
- Alejandro de la Fuente, Ariela J. Gross
- Subject
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- America -- Race relations | History
- Blacks
- Blacks -- America -- History
- Blacks -- Legal status, laws, etc
- Blacks -- Legal status, laws, etc -- America -- History
- Cuba
- History
- Louisiana
- Race relations
- Slavery
- Slavery -- America -- History
- Slavery -- Law and legislation
- Slavery -- Law and legislation -- Cuba -- History
- Slavery -- Law and legislation -- Louisiana -- History
- Slavery -- Law and legislation -- Virginia -- History
- Virginia
- African Americans -- Legal status, laws, etc
- African Americans -- Legal status, laws, etc | History
- America
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- How did Africans become 'blacks' in the Americas? Becoming Free, Becoming Black tells the story of enslaved and free people of color who used the law to claim freedom and citizenship for themselves and their loved ones. Their communities challenged slaveholders' efforts to make blackness synonymous with slavery. Looking closely at three slave societies - Cuba, Virginia, and Louisiana - Alejandro de la Fuente and Ariela J. Gross demonstrate that the law of freedom - not slavery - established the meaning of blackness in law. Contests over freedom determined whether and how it was possible to move from slave to free status, and whether claims to citizenship would be tied to racial identity. Laws regulating the lives and institutions of free people of color created the boundaries between black and white, the rights reserved to white people, and the degradations imposed only on black people. -- Publisher
- Cataloging source
- LBSOR/DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1963-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Fuente, Alejandro de la
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- maps
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Gross, Ariela Julie,
- Series statement
- Studies in legal history
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Blacks
- Slavery
- Blacks
- African Americans
- Slavery
- Slavery
- Slavery
- America
- African Americans
- Blacks
- Blacks
- Race relations
- Slavery
- Slavery
- America
- Cuba
- Louisiana
- Virginia
- Label
- Becoming free, becoming Black : race, freedom, and law in Cuba, Virginia, and Louisiana, Alejandro de la Fuente, Ariela J. Gross
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- "A Negro and by consequence an alien" : local regulations and the making of race, 1500s-1700s -- The "inconvenience" of Black freedom : manumission, 1500s-1700s -- "The natural right of all mankind" : claiming freedom in the Age of Revolution, 1760-1830 -- "Rules ... for their expulsion" : foreclosing freedom, 1830-1860 -- "Not of the same blood" : policing racial boundaries, 1830-1860 -- Conclusion: "Home-born citizens" : the significance of free people of color
- Control code
- 1104859661
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xiv, 281 pages
- Isbn
- 9781108480642
- Lccn
- 2019018404
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white)
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1104859661
- Label
- Becoming free, becoming Black : race, freedom, and law in Cuba, Virginia, and Louisiana, Alejandro de la Fuente, Ariela J. Gross
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- "A Negro and by consequence an alien" : local regulations and the making of race, 1500s-1700s -- The "inconvenience" of Black freedom : manumission, 1500s-1700s -- "The natural right of all mankind" : claiming freedom in the Age of Revolution, 1760-1830 -- "Rules ... for their expulsion" : foreclosing freedom, 1830-1860 -- "Not of the same blood" : policing racial boundaries, 1830-1860 -- Conclusion: "Home-born citizens" : the significance of free people of color
- Control code
- 1104859661
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xiv, 281 pages
- Isbn
- 9781108480642
- Lccn
- 2019018404
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white)
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1104859661
Subject
- America -- Race relations | History
- Blacks
- Blacks -- America -- History
- Blacks -- Legal status, laws, etc
- Blacks -- Legal status, laws, etc -- America -- History
- Cuba
- History
- Louisiana
- Race relations
- Slavery
- Slavery -- America -- History
- Slavery -- Law and legislation
- Slavery -- Law and legislation -- Cuba -- History
- Slavery -- Law and legislation -- Louisiana -- History
- Slavery -- Law and legislation -- Virginia -- History
- Virginia
- African Americans -- Legal status, laws, etc
- African Americans -- Legal status, laws, etc | History
- America
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