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Caribbean New Orleans : empire, race, and the making of a slave society
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" ... 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. C...
" ... 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.
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- Cécile Vidal
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- English
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- Williamsburg, Virginia : Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture ; Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2019]
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- 1 online resource
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- 9781469645193, 146964519X, 9781469645209, 1469645203, 9781469645186, 1469645181, 9781469645186
- OCLC
- on1098213372
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; List of Illustrations; Abbreviations; Introduction: When the Levees Rose; Chapter 1. A Port City of the French Empire and the Greater Caribbean; Chapter 2. The City with Imaginary Walls: The Natchez Wars, Slave Unrest, and the Construction of a White Urban Community; Chapter 3. The Hustle and Bustle of City Life: The Politics of Public Space and Racial Formation; Chapter 4. "The Mulatto of the House": The Racial Line within Domestic Households and Residential Institutions
- Chapter 5. "A Scandalous Commerce": The Disorder of FamiliesChapter 6. "American Politics": Slavery, Labor, and Race; Chapter 7. "Everybody Wants to Be a Merchant": Trade, Credit, and Honor; Chapter 8. Lash of the Tongue, Lash of the Whip: The Formation and Transformation of Racial Categories and Practices; Chapter 9. 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; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; Q; S; T; U; V; W; Z