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Author Spear, Jennifer M., 1967-

Title Race, sex, and social order in early New Orleans [electronic resource] / Jennifer M. Spear.

Imprint Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2009.

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 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description xi, 335 p. : ill., map.
Series Early America : history, context, culture
Early America.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. [315]-323) and index.
Contents Introduction -- Indian women, French women, and the regulation of sex -- Legislating slavery in French New Orleans -- Affranchis and sang-mele -- Slavery and freedom in Spanish New Orleans -- Limpieza de sangre and family formation -- Negotiating racial identities in the 1790s -- Codification of a tripartite racial system in Anglo-Louisiana.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Racially mixed people -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- Social conditions.
Racially mixed people -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- History.
New Orleans (La.) -- Social conditions.
New Orleans (La.) -- Race relations.
New Orleans (La.) -- Social life and customs.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9780801886805 (alk. paper)
0801886805 (alk. paper)

 
    
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