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Author Vidal, Cécile, author.

Title Caribbean New Orleans : empire, race, and the making of a slave society / Cécile Vidal.

Publication Info. Williamsburg, Virginia : Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture ; Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2019]

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Description 1 online resource
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary " ... Offers a lively portrait of the city and a probing investigation of the French colonists who established racial slavery there as well as the African slaves who were forced to toil for them. Casting early New Orleans as a Caribbean outpost of the French Empire rather than as a North American frontier town, Cécile Vidal reveals the persistent influence of the Antilles, especially Saint-Domingue, which shaped the city's development through the eighteenth century"-- Provided by publisher
Contents Introduction: When the Levees Rose -- A Port City of the French Empire and the Greater Caribbean -- The City with Imaginary Walls: The Natchez Wars, Slave Unrest, and the Construction of a White Urban Community -- The Hustle and Bustle of City Life: The Politics of Public Space and Racial Formation -- "The Mulatto of the House": The Racial Line within Domestic Households and Residential Institutions -- "A Scandalous Commerce": The Disorder of Families -- "American Politics": Slavery, Labor, and Race -- "Everybody Wants to Be a Merchant": Trade, Credit, and Honor -- Lash of the Tongue, Lash of the Whip: The Formation and Transformation of Racial Categories and Practices -- From "Louisians" to "Louisianais": The Emergence of a Sense of Place and the Racial Divide -- Conclusion. From Louisiana to Saint-Domingue and from Saint-Domingue to Louisiana.
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Subject Slavery -- West Indies, French -- History.
Slavery.
History.
Slavery -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- History.
Louisiana -- New Orleans.
New Orleans (La.) -- Social conditions -- 18th century.
New Orleans (La.) -- Race relations -- History.
France -- Colonies -- America -- History.
France.
Colonies.
America.
New Orleans (La.) -- History -- Social conditions.
Chronological Term 1700-1799
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Vidal, Cécile. Caribbean New Orleans. Williamsburg, Virginia : Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture ; Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2019] 9781469645186 (DLC) 2018058605 (OCoLC)1052405884
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