The Strange History of the American Quadroon

The Strange History of the American QuadroonFree Women of Color in the Revolutionary Atlantic World 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.

and moral courage

along the Mississippi and across Lake Ponchartrain

Medley deftly puts in colorful context the U

The fate of these few blocks in the French Quarter is played out on a larger stage

and use the profits to help him start a legitimate business

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The writings of Edith Elliott Long

blending slices of true history with fiction

combined with the increasing sprawl of suburbs

Folds up to only 11 inches in length

Jenny Giraffe and the Streetcar Party is a clever introduction to the history of the Garden District

faded charm