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"Fatal golden dreams": the founding of New Orleans, 1718-1731
Formation of the planter class and a stable order
Black majority: slaves and free Blacks during the French regime
Two communities, one creole society: the interweaving of white and Black lives
A North American slave society: New Orleans in comparative view
The cession to Spain, the insurrection of 1768, the visitation of Alejandro O'Reilly, and the reconsolidation of the planter class, 1769-1803
Blacks, the slave trade, and the advent of sugar, 1769-1803
The slave society of Spanish New Orleans in comparative context
Napoleon's louisianicide and the new republican order: the planter class supreme
An old regime made anew: slaves and free Blacks in the postcolonial era
Black Manon in the capital city of the slave South
Epilogue: Madame Plantou's Mardi Gras mask for New Orleans, 1819.
Formation of the planter class and a stable order
Black majority: slaves and free Blacks during the French regime
Two communities, one creole society: the interweaving of white and Black lives
A North American slave society: New Orleans in comparative view
The cession to Spain, the insurrection of 1768, the visitation of Alejandro O'Reilly, and the reconsolidation of the planter class, 1769-1803
Blacks, the slave trade, and the advent of sugar, 1769-1803
The slave society of Spanish New Orleans in comparative context
Napoleon's louisianicide and the new republican order: the planter class supreme
An old regime made anew: slaves and free Blacks in the postcolonial era
Black Manon in the capital city of the slave South
Epilogue: Madame Plantou's Mardi Gras mask for New Orleans, 1819.