Kenneth R Aslakson: 1 book
Making Race in the Courtroom
The Legal Construction of Three Races in Early New Orleans
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2014
No American city’s history better illustrates both the
possibilities for alternative racial models and the role of the law in shaping
racial identity than New Orleans, Louisiana, which prior to the Civil War was
home to America’s most privileged community of people of African descent. In
the eyes...
