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1 online resource. |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Published by the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture and the University of North Carolina Press Ser.
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Published by the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture and the University of North Carolina Press Ser.
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Summary |
"In eighteenth-century New Orleans, the legal testimony of some 150 enslaved women and men--like the testimony of free colonists--was meticulously recorded and preserved. Questioned in criminal trials as defendants, victims, and witnesses about attacks, murders, robberies, and escapes, they answered with stories about themselves, stories that rebutted the premise on which slavery was founded. Focusing on four especially dramatic court cases, Voices of the Enslaved draws us into Louisiana's courtrooms, prisons, courtyards, plantations, bayous, and convents to demonstrate how enslaved people viewed and experienced their worlds. Sophie White offers both a richly textured account of slavery in French Louisiana and a powerful meditation on the limits and possibilities of the archive"-- Provided by publisher. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Enslaved persons -- Louisiana -- History -- 18th century.
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Enslaved persons. |
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Louisiana. |
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History. |
Chronological Term |
18th century |
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Slavery -- Louisiana -- History -- 18th century.
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Slavery. |
Chronological Term |
1700-1799 |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Print version: White, Sophie. Voices of the enslaved. Williamsburg, Virginia : Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture ; Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2019] 9781469654041 (DLC) 2019032062 (OCoLC)1091845044 |
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9781469654065 (electronic book) |
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1469654067 (electronic book) |
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9781469654058 (electronic book) |
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1469654059 (electronic book) |
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9781469654041 |
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1469654040 |
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