A Place to Live in Peace
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A Place to Live in Peace

Free People of Color in West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana

Evelyn L. Wilson

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A Place to Live in Peace

Free People of Color in West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana

Evelyn L. Wilson

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A Place to Live in Peace: Free People of Color in West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana reveals a community where free people of color lived harmoniously with white people even as slavery persisted. Author Evelyn L. Wilson documents the presence, land ownership, business development, and personal relationships of free people of color in this Louisiana parish. In the last decade before the Civil War, tensions over slavery in West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, led to the separation of free people of color from their white counterparts. But until the 1850s, free people of color had lived and thrived there. The free people of color who inhabited West Feliciana Parish were not a settled population with a common background or a long history of freedom. Some entered the parish already free, others purchased their freedom, while others had been freed by slaveholders for differing reasons. Regardless of how they arrived in the parish, they found themselves in a community that valued the talents and skills they had to offer without regard to the color of their skin. These individuals were integrated into their community, lived among white neighbors, provided needed services, and owned successful businesses. Using extensive archival research, including court records, government documents, legal citations, and periodicals, Wilson interprets the lives, experiences, and contributions of free people of color in West Feliciana Parish. The integral role that these free people of color played in the parish complicates common understandings of the antebellum South.

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Publisher
University Press of Mississippi
Year
2024
ISBN
9781496852182
Topic
History
Subtopic
African American History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Acknowledgments
  6. Introduction
  7. Chapter 1. West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana
  8. Chapter 2. Free People of Color in West Feliciana Parish
  9. Chapter 3. Land Sales, Loans, and Litigation
  10. Chapter 4. Earning a Living
  11. Chapter 5. Black-White Personal Relationships
  12. Chapter 6. And Then the War Came
  13. Epilogue
  14. Notes
  15. Bibliography
  16. Index
  17. About the Author
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APA 6 Citation

Wilson, E. (2024). A Place to Live in Peace ([edition unavailable]). University Press of Mississippi. Retrieved from https://www.perlego.com/book/4417256 (Original work published 2024)

Chicago Citation

Wilson, Evelyn. (2024) 2024. A Place to Live in Peace. [Edition unavailable]. University Press of Mississippi. https://www.perlego.com/book/4417256.

Harvard Citation

Wilson, E. (2024) A Place to Live in Peace. [edition unavailable]. University Press of Mississippi. Available at: https://www.perlego.com/book/4417256 (Accessed: 24 June 2024).

MLA 7 Citation

Wilson, Evelyn. A Place to Live in Peace. [edition unavailable]. University Press of Mississippi, 2024. Web. 24 June 2024.