Title Becoming free, remaining free : manumission and enslavement in New Orleans, 1846-1862 / Judith Kelleher Schafer.

Publication Info.	Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University, [2003]
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Location	Call No.	Status	OPAC Message	Public Note	Gift Note
Moore Stacks	F379.N59 N445 2003	Available	---

Description	xxiv, 204 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-184) and index.
Contents	Laws governing manumission, 1807-1857 -- Suing for freedom: slaves in transit -- "Voleur de negres": the strange career of Jean Charles David -- Contracting for freedom and self-purchase -- Freeing slaves by will -- Manumission in New Orleans, 1855-1857 -- The struggle to stay free -- Kidnapping free people of color -- Being in the state in contravention of the law -- Desperation and self-enslavement.
Subject	Enslaved persons -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- History -- 19th century.
	Enslaved persons.
	Louisiana -- New Orleans.
	History.
Chronological Term	19th century
Subject	Free African Americans -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- History -- 19th century.
	Free African Americans.
	African Americans -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- History -- 19th century.
	African Americans -- Legal status, laws, etc.
	New Orleans (La.) -- Race relations.
	Slavery -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- History -- 19th century.
	Slavery.
	Enslaved persons -- Emancipation -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- History -- 19th century.
	Enslaved persons -- Emancipation.
	Enslaved persons -- Emancipation -- British colonies.
	Enslaved persons -- Emancipation -- French colonies.
ISBN	0807128805 paperback alkaline paper
	0807128627 alkaline paper