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Becoming Free, Becoming Black

- Race, Freedom, and Law in Cuba, Virginia, and Louisiana

About Becoming Free, Becoming Black

Becoming Free, Becoming Black offers the first comparative study of law, race, and freedom in the Americas from the sixteenth to mid-nineteenth centuries. Slaveholders linked blackness and slavery in the law, but by the mid-nineteenth century the social meaning of blackness varied over time and under different legal regimes.

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  • Language:
  • English
  • ISBN:
  • 9781108480642
  • Binding:
  • Hardback
  • Pages:
  • 294
  • Published:
  • January 16, 2020
  • Edition:
  • Dimensions:
  • 152x226x21 mm.
  • Weight:
  • 556 g.
Delivery: 2-4 weeks
Expected delivery: October 24, 2024

Description of Becoming Free, Becoming Black

Becoming Free, Becoming Black offers the first comparative study of law, race, and freedom in the Americas from the sixteenth to mid-nineteenth centuries. Slaveholders linked blackness and slavery in the law, but by the mid-nineteenth century the social meaning of blackness varied over time and under different legal regimes.

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