Louisiana: Crossroads of the Atlantic World

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Contents introduction. Louisiana in atlantic Perspective Cécile Vidal 1 Part i. EmPirEs chapter 1. “to Establish one Law and definite rules”: race, religion, and the transatlantic origins of the Louisiana code noir Guillaume Aubert 21 chapter 2. making a career out of the atlantic: Louisiana’s Plume Alexandre Dubé 44 chapter 3. spanish Louisiana in atlantic contexts: nexus of imperial transactions and international relations Sylvia L. Hilton 68 Part ii. circuLations chapter 4. slaves and Poor Whites’ informal Economies in an atlantic context Sophie White 89 chapter 5. “Un Nègre nommè [sic] Lubin ne connaissant pas Sa Nation”: the small World of Louisiana slavery Jean-Pierre Le Glaunec 103 vi contents Part iii. intimaciEs chapter 6. caribbean Louisiana: church, Métissage, and the Language of race in the mississippi colony during the french Period Cécile Vidal 125 chapter 7. Private Lives and Public orders: regulating sex, marriage, and Legitimacy in spanish colonial Louisiana Mary Williams 147 chapter 8. atlantic alliances: marriage among People of african descent in new orleans Emily Clark 165 conclusion. Beyond Borders: revising atlantic history Sylvia R. Frey 184 notes 205 List of contributors 271 index 273 acknowledgments 279 ...