Revolution, Romanticism, and the Afro-Creole Protest Tradition in Louisiana, 1718–1868

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Contents Acknowledgments xiii Introduction i / Revolution and the Origins of Dissent 9 2 The Republican Cause and the Afro-Creole Militia 41 3 The New American Racial Order 65 4 Romanticism, Social Protest, and Reform 89 5 French Freemasonry and the Republican Heritage 145 6 Spiritualism's Dissident Visionaries 187 7 War, Reconstruction, and the Politics of Radicalism 222 Conclusion 276 Appendix: Membership in Two Masonic Lodges and Biographical Information 283 Bibliography 295 Index 313 This page intentionally left blank Jll ustrations MAPS Louisiana During the Territorial Period, 1803-1812 22 Haiti in 1804 23 New Orleans in 1863 230 PHOTOGRAPHS follotving page 136 Cover of L'Album litteraire Cover of Les Cenelles Henriette Delille Spirit communication, December i, 1858 Louis Charles Roudanez Henry C. Warmoth Rodolphe Lucien Desdunes P. B. S. Pinchback This page intentionally left blank ...