A free man of color
By: Barbara Hambly.
Publisher: Bantam Books
Published: 1997
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 311
Subjects: January, Benjamin (Fictitious character) -- Fiction; African American men -- Fiction; Free African Americans -- Fiction; New Orleans (La.) -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction.
Description: A historical mystery in 1830s New Orleans whose protagonist is a free man of color. Dr. Benjamin January, back in America after 15 years in Paris where he became a surgeon, goes to the help of a woman. In revenge, he is framed by her enemies for murder and must clear his name. A look at the complicated race relations of the period in New Orleans.