Title: Spaniards, planters, and slaves : the Spanish regulation of slavery in Louisiana, 1763-1803 /
Authors: Din, Gilbert C.
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press,
Year: 1999
Subjects: Slavery Louisiana History; Spaniards Louisiana History; African Americans Louisiana History; Plantation life Louisiana History; Plantation owners Louisiana History; Louisiana History; Louisiana Race relations.
Abstract: "Spaniards, Planters, and Slaves is a provocative look at the institution of slavery and how it functioned as a part of Louisiana's culture during the years of Spanish rule. Gilbert C. Din challenges the idea that conditions under the Spaniards differed little from the years of French rule and examines how local culture merged with colonial government and residual laws to create a slave system unlike any other in the Deep South."--Jacket.
Contents: The origins of slavery in Louisiana -- The "runaway habit" -- Start of the Spanish slave regime -- Unzaga carries out Spanish slave regulations -- Gálvez, the loi municipale, and slaves -- The San malo affair -- Miró's management of slaves -- Carondelet's effort at a more tolerant slave regime -- The pointe coupée slave conspiracy -- The aftermath of conspiracy -- Slavery in Spanish Louisiana's final years.