Degrees of freedom : Louisiana and Cuba after slavery / Rebecca J. Scott.

As Louisiana and Cuba emerged from slavery in the late nineteenth century, each faced the question of what rights former slaves could claim. This title compares and contrasts these two societies in which slavery was destroyed by war, and citizenship was redefined through social and political upheava...

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Main Author: Scott, Rebecca J. (Rebecca Jarvis), 1950-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2005.
Series:The 1984 Reith lectures ; 1984
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Summary:As Louisiana and Cuba emerged from slavery in the late nineteenth century, each faced the question of what rights former slaves could claim. This title compares and contrasts these two societies in which slavery was destroyed by war, and citizenship was redefined through social and political upheaval.
Physical Description:1 online resource (365 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-346) and index.
ISBN:9780674043398
0674043391
Language:English.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.