Revolution, Romanticism, and the Afro-Creole Protest Tradition in Louisiana, 1718-1868
Publisher: Louisiana State University Press
Published: October 30, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 325
ISBN-13: 9780807130261
Subjects: American history: c 1500 to c 1800; American history: c 1800 to c 1900; c 1700 to c 1800; United States - State & Local - General; History: American; History; History - U.S.; USA; United States - 19th Century; United States - General
First sentence: In the summer of 1804, New Orleans officials demanded that Louisiana's territorial commissioner, William C.C. Claiborne, punish and banish black leaders who had attempted to assert the rights of free people of color.