Lisa Ze Winters, The Mulatta Concubine: Terror, Intimacy, Freedom, and Desire in the Black Transatlantic. University of Georgia Press, 2016. via UGA Press: "Popular and academic representations of the free mulatta concubine repeatedly depict women of mixed black African and white racial descent as defined by their sexual attachment to white men, and thus they … Continue reading BOOK: Winters on the Mulatta Concubine in History and Memory
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Bonner on Slavery, Memory, and Feeling “The Bonds of History” | @AAIHS
Chris Bonner writes: "In recent years, Whitney Plantation has been transformed into a site for the memory of African enslavement in American and Atlantic history. The New Yorker recently produced a video that combines images of the stunning Louisiana landscape with commentary from Dr. Ibrahima Seck, Director of Research at the plantation. Both Dr. Seck … Continue reading Bonner on Slavery, Memory, and Feeling “The Bonds of History” | @AAIHS
White on “Listening to the Enslaved” | openDemocracy
Sophie White on slave testimony and engaging the archive: "Indeed, far from seeing a court appearance as exclusively antagonistic, the enslaved sometimes seized the opportunity to testify. When they did so, they tended to move past the specifics of the court case. The importance of this archive therefore lies not in its presentation of factual … Continue reading White on “Listening to the Enslaved” | openDemocracy
Greenwald and Rothman on New Orleans and the Domestic Slave Trade in the United States | NOLA.com
Erin Greenwald (Historic New Orleans Collection) and Joshua Rothman (University of Alabama) on commemorating New Orleans role in the domestic slave trade: Other cities that were centers of the slave trade have begun to acknowledge and come to terms with their past. Natchez, Miss., the second busiest domestic slave-trade hub, has a memorial and a … Continue reading Greenwald and Rothman on New Orleans and the Domestic Slave Trade in the United States | NOLA.com
DIGITAL: Freedom on the Move and Slave Resistance in New Orleans
“This interactive Google map shows original newspaper ads for fugitive slaves and contemporary locations of identified sites. Click on the name of a fugitive from the list or on a map point to reveal the ad and corresponding site. Green markers indicate points of flight; red markers, points of refuge.
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Rothman Remarks on Marguerite Thompson’s Petition for Freedom
Adam Rothman remarks on a freed woman of color's petition for manumission, posted by the National Archives on June 30, 2015: "...One aspect of Marguerite Thompson’s petition that drew my attention is the fact that she submitted her petition to the Judge Charles Peabody’s U.S. Provisional Court (USPC). This court was established by the United … Continue reading Rothman Remarks on Marguerite Thompson’s Petition for Freedom
ARTICLE: Neidenbach on Madame Marie Couvent, a Free Woman of Color in New Orleans
Elizabeth C. Neidenbach, “‘Mes dernières volontés’: Testaments to the Life of Marie Couvent, a Former Slave in New Orleans.” Transatlantica. Revue d’études américaines. American Studies Journal, no. 2 (October 10, 2012). http://transatlantica.revues.org/6186. "In her last will and testament, recorded on November 12, 1832, Marie Justine Cirnaire, Veuve Couvent left specific instructions about how her estate … Continue reading ARTICLE: Neidenbach on Madame Marie Couvent, a Free Woman of Color in New Orleans
RESOURCE: Slave and Free People of Color Baptismal Records in the Archives – Archdiocese of New Orleans
Slave and Free People of Color Baptismal Records in the Archives – Archdiocese of New Orleans Office of the Archives The acts in these registers were recorded in Spanish. The Spanish phonetic spelling of a surname often varied significantly from the French spelling. In addition, first names were Hispanicized: Etienne became Estevan; Jacques became Santiago; … Continue reading RESOURCE: Slave and Free People of Color Baptismal Records in the Archives – Archdiocese of New Orleans
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