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Contents Acknowledgments vii Introduction ix Part One.The Colony and Its People Chapter One. The Notarial Record and Free Coloreds 3 Chapter Two. The Land 16 Chapter Three. The People 42 Chapter Four. Free Coloreds in the Colonial Armed Forces 52 Part Two. The Free Colored in Society and the Economy Chapter Five. Slaveholding Practices 81 Chapter Six. Landholding Practices 121 Chapter Seven. Entrepreneurship 142 Chapter Eight. Non-Economic Components of Social Status 158 Chapter Nine. Family Relationships and Social Advancement 180 Part Three. Group Strategiesfor Economic and Social Advancement Chapter Ten. Planter Elites 205 Chapter Eleven. The Military Leadership Group 226 Chapter Twelve. Conclusion 266 Appendix One. Family Tree of the Laportes of Limonade 275 Appendix Two. Surnames 276 Appendix Three. Incorporation Papers of the Grasserie Marie Josephe 281 Appendix Four. Notarized Sale Contract for a House 283 Notes 287 Works Cited 315 Index 321 This page intentionally left blank ...

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