Degrees of Freedom: Louisiana and Cuba after Slavery

Degrees of Freedom: Louisiana and Cuba after Slavery Scott Rebecca J. Wydawca: Harvard University Press Data wydania: 2008 ISBN: 9780674027596 Liczba stron: 384 Format: 219 x 146 x 26 Rodzaj oprawy: Paperback / softback Opis produktu: As Louisiana and Cuba emerged from slavery in the late nineteenth century, each faced the question of what rights former slaves could claim. Degrees of Freedom compares and contrasts these two societies in which slavery was destroyed by war, and citizenship was redefined through social and political upheaval.