TY - BOOK AU - Aslakson,Kenneth R. ED - Project Muse. TI - Making race in the courtroom: the legal construction of three races in New Orleans, 1791-1812 SN - 9780814724972 AV - KFL411.5.A34 .A (Aslakson) PY - 2014/// CY - New York PB - NYU Press KW - SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination & Race Relations KW - bisacsh KW - LAW / Legal History KW - HISTORY / United States / General KW - Louisiana Purchase KW - Social aspects KW - Louisiana KW - History KW - 1803-1865 KW - Free African Americans KW - Legal status, laws, etc KW - 19th century KW - Electronic books. KW - local N1 - Based on author's dissertation (doctoral - University of Texas, 2007) issued under title: Making race : the role of free blacks in the development of New Orleans' three-caste society, 1791-1812; Includes bibliographical references and index; The Gulf and Its City -- A Legal System in Flux -- "We Shall Serve with Fidelity and Zeal" -- Outside the Bonds of Matrimony -- Owning So as Not to Be Owned -- When the Question Is Slavery or Freedom? -- Epilogue : From Adele to Plessy UR - https://muse.jhu.edu/books/9780814724972/ ER -