{"product_id":"becoming-free-remaining-free-manumission-and-enslavement-in-new-orleans-1846-1862-paperback","title":"Becoming Free, Remaining Free: Manumission and Enslavement in New Orleans, 1846--1862 - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJudith Kelleher Schafer\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLouisiana state law was unique in allowing slaves to contract for their freedom and to initiate a lawsuit for liberty. Judith Kelleher Schafer describes the ingenious and remarkably sophisticated ways New Orleans slaves used the legal system to gain their independence and find a voice in a society that ordinarily gave them none. Showing that remaining free was often as challenging as becoming free, Schafer also recounts numerous cases in which free people of color were forced to use the courts to prove their status. She further documents seventeen free blacks who, when faced with deportation, amazingly sued to enslave themselves. Schafer's impressive detective work achieves a rare feat in the historical profession--the unveiling of an entirely new facet of the slave experience in the American South.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJudith Kelleher Schafer is the author of several books, including \u003ci\u003eSlavery, the Civil Law, and the Supreme Court of Louisiana \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eBrothels, Depravity, and Abandoned Women: Illegal Sex in Antebellum New Orleans. \u003c\/i\u003eShe lives in New Orleans with her husband.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 230\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.66 x 9.14 x 6.08 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 01, 2003\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42131032342663,"sku":"9780807128800","price":48.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/b8fd6d4b0a8b834afc9e484771e0af28.webp?v=1732615775","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/becoming-free-remaining-free-manumission-and-enslavement-in-new-orleans-1846-1862-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}