Becoming free, becoming Black : race, freedom, and law in Cuba, Virginia, and Louisiana
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Cambridge, United Kingdom ; Cambridge University Press, 2020.
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Central - Adult Nonfiction
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Published
Cambridge, United Kingdom ; Cambridge University Press, 2020.
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Book
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xiv, 281 pages : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white) ; 24 cm.
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English

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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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How did Africans become 'blacks' in the Americas? Becoming Free, Becoming Black tells the story of enslaved and free people of color who used the law to claim freedom and citizenship for themselves and their loved ones. Their communities challenged slaveholders' efforts to make blackness synonymous with slavery. Looking closely at three slave societies - Cuba, Virginia, and Louisiana - Alejandro de la Fuente and Ariela J. Gross demonstrate that the law of freedom - not slavery - established the meaning of blackness in law. Contests over freedom determined whether and how it was possible to move from slave to free status, and whether claims to citizenship would be tied to racial identity. Laws regulating the lives and institutions of free people of color created the boundaries between black and white, the rights reserved to white people, and the degradations imposed only on black people. -- Publisher.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Fuente, A. d. l., & Gross, A. J. (2020). Becoming free, becoming Black: race, freedom, and law in Cuba, Virginia, and Louisiana . Cambridge University Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Fuente, Alejandro de la, 1963- and Ariela Julie Gross. 2020. Becoming Free, Becoming Black: Race, Freedom, and Law in Cuba, Virginia, and Louisiana. Cambridge University Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Fuente, Alejandro de la, 1963- and Ariela Julie Gross. Becoming Free, Becoming Black: Race, Freedom, and Law in Cuba, Virginia, and Louisiana Cambridge University Press, 2020.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Fuente, Alejandro de la, and Ariela Julie Gross. Becoming Free, Becoming Black: Race, Freedom, and Law in Cuba, Virginia, and Louisiana Cambridge University Press, 2020.

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