Public Seminar Presents: Becoming Free, Becoming Black
On July 1, Alejandro de la Fuente and Ariela J. Gross join your host, Claire Potter, to discuss their new book about race, law, and citizenship
How did Africans become 'blacks' in the Americas? Becoming Free, Becoming Black: Race, Freedom, and Law in Cuba, Virginia, and Louisiana (Cambridge University Press, 2020) tells the story of enslaved and free people of color who used the law to claim freedom and citizenship for themselves and their loved ones. ...
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