Race, sex, and social order in early New Orleans

Main Author: Spear, Jennifer M., 1967-
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2009.
Series:Early America : history, context, culture
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Online Access:http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ucy/Doc?id=10389804
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Indian women, French women, and the regulation of sex
  • Legislating slavery in French New Orleans
  • Affranchis and sang-mγelβe
  • 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.