MARC Record from Ithaca College Library

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100 1 $aSchafer, Judith Kelleher,$d1942-
245 10 $aBecoming free, remaining free :$bmanumission and enslavement in New Orleans, 1846-1862 /$cJudith Kelleher Schafer.
260 $aBaton Rouge :$bLouisiana State University,$cc2003.
300 $axxiv, 204 p. :$bill. ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [167]-184) and index.
505 0 $aLaws 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.
650 0 $aSlaves$zLouisiana$zNew Orleans$xHistory$y19th century.
650 0 $aFree African Americans$zLouisiana$zNew Orleans$xHistory$y19th century.
650 0 $aAfrican Americans$xLegal status, laws, etc.$zLouisiana$zNew Orleans$xHistory$y19th century.
651 0 $aNew Orleans (La.)$xRace relations.
650 0 $aSlavery$zLouisiana$zNew Orleans$xHistory$y19th century.
650 0 $aSlaves$xEmancipation$zLouisiana$zNew Orleans$xHistory$y19th century.
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