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The Strange History of the American Quadroon

Free Women of Color in the Revolutionary Atlantic World

The Strange History of the American Quadroon( )
Author: Clark, Emily
ISBN:978-1-4696-0752-8
Publication Date:Apr 2013
Publisher:University of North Carolina Press
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:USD $40.00
Book Description:

Exotic, seductive, and doomed: the antebellum mixed-race free woman of color has long operated as a metaphor for New Orleans. Commonly known as a "quadroon," she and the city she represents rest irretrievably condemned in the popular historical imagination by the linked sins of slavery and interracial sex. However, as Emily Clark shows, the rich archives of New Orleans tell a different story. In The Strange History of the American Quadroon, Clark investigates how the narrative of the...
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Book Details
Pages:296
Detailed Subjects: Social Science / Biracial & Multiracial Studies
Social Science / Sociology / Urban
History / Women
Reference / Signs & Symbols
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):6.12 x 9.25 x 1 Inches
Book Weight:0.688 Pounds



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