Becoming Free, Becoming Black
Race, Freedom, and Law in Cuba, Virginia, and Louisiana

Alejandro de la Fuente and Ariela J. Gross's Becoming Fee, Becoming Black: Race, Freedom, and Law in Cuba, Virginia, and Louisiana is an academic deep-dive into the history of the relationship of 'blackness' and slavery, particularly in legal precedence, in historical slave societies in Cuba, Virgin......more

Alejandro de la Fuente and Ariela Gross tell the story of how the initiatives of enslaved and free people of colour in the Americas changed and shaped the laws of slavery and freedom. From a legal perspective Becoming Free, Becoming Black shows how people of colour used the flexibility of the law to......more

This audible book traces the legal history of blacks in Virginia and Louisiana and Cuba in the 16th and 17th and 18th and early 19th century. It gathers its data from actual legal files in those locations in dealing with many of the issues of slavery and the effort of Slaves to leave slavery. The boo......more

A comprehensive and academic look at the road to freedom for many enslaved and what achieving that freedom meant. It's a common misconception that enslaved African people in the Americas and the Caribbean merely accepted their fate of enslavement, waiting passively for the 19th century when European......more

I so wanted to love this book. It's the second book from the "Studies in Legal History" series that I've read. The first book, Secession on Trial: The Treason Prosecution of Jefferson Davis was absolutely superb. This book was tougher to read. It covered some good material and provided a solid historic......more