Description
Book SynopsisStrikingly argued, richly researched, and methodologically sound, this wide-ranging look at how choices about sex triumphed over established class systems and artificial racial boundaries supplies a refreshing contribution to the history of early Louisiana.
Trade ReviewBreak[s] fresh analytical and methodological ground and respond[s] intelligently to alternative explanatory models pertaining to [its] respective subject. [It is a] significant contribution that will elicit scholarly engagement. -- John David Smith Florida Historical Quarterly 2011
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments
Introduction
1. Indian Women, French Women, and the Regulation of Sex
2. Legislating Slavery in French New Orleans
3. Affranchis and Sang-Mêlé
4. Slavery and Freedom in Spanish New Orleans
5. Limpieza de Sangre and Family Formation
6. Negotiating Racial Identities in the 1790s
7. Codification of a Tripartite Racial System in Anglo-Louisiana
Epilogue
Notes
Glossary
Essay on Sources
Index
