ALLONS - A History of Free People of Color in New Orleans

In this ALLONS, Dr. Libby Neidenbach, Ph.D. & Jari Honora, both from The Historic New Orleans Collection, present "A History of Free People of Color in New Orleans".
(Originally aired 8/25/2022)
The ALLONS! Series is New Orleans Opera’s online (Zoom) adult education series. These informal “lectures” are a great way to learn about critical operatic subjects from the comfort of your own home. ALLONS! Lectures are an opportune time to interact with experts in the field and ask questions. Grab your favorite beverage and tune in!
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SUGGESTED READINGS ON FREE PEOPLE OF COLOR IN NEW ORLEANS
Emily Clark, The Strange History of the American Quadroon: Free Women of Color in the Revolutionary Atlantic World, University of North Carolina Press, 2013.
Caryn Cossé Bell, Revolution, Romanticism, and the Afro-Creole Protest Tradition in Louisiana, LSU Press, 2004.
Kimberly Hanger, Bounded Lives, Bounded Places: Free Black Society in Colonial New Orleans, 1769-1803, Duke University Press, 1997.
Arnold Hirsch and Joseph Logsdon, eds., Creole New Orleans: Race and Americanization, LSU Press, 1992.
Judith Schafer, Becoming Free, Remaining Free: Manumission and Enslavement in New Orleans, 1846-1862, LSU Press, 2003.
Fatima Shaik, Economy Hall: The Hidden History of a Free Black Brotherhood, Historic New Orleans Collection, 2021.
Lester Sullivan, “Composers of Color of Nineteenth-Century New Orleans: The History Behind the Music,” in Creole: The History and Legacy of Louisiana's Free People of Color, Sybil Kein, ed., LSU Press, 2000.
ONLINE RESOURCES
“Free People of Color in Louisiana: Revealing an Unknown Past” Collaborative Digital Project led by LSU Libraries Special Collections, www.lib.lsu.ed....
“Records Relating to Slavery, Free People of Color, and Freedmen,” Finding Aid to the holdings of the New Orleans Public Library City Archives & Special Collections, archives.nolali....
St. Louis Cathedral, New Orleans, Baptism, Slaves and Free People of Color (1777-1813), digital images, Archdiocese of New Orleans Office of Archives & Records, nolacatholic.o....
Race and Slavery Petitions Project, Digital Project hosted by the University of North Carolina at Greensboro Libraries containing 2,975 legislative petitions and approximately 14,512 county court petitions from 14 states including Louisiana, library.uncg.ed....
Le Musée de F.P.C., historic house museum on Esplanade Avenue, dedicated to preserving the material culture of and telling the story of free people of color, www.lemuseedef....
CreoleGen, Research blog published by historians and genealogists focused on researching and documenting the lives of ethnically diverse Louisiana and Gulf Coast Creole families and institutions, www.CreoleGen.org.

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Thank you all for doing this. Great job, everyone!

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I know black woman slaves had very high taxes and tithes on there heads and the slavemaster had the money to pay it. If the black woman married to a black man he would have to pay those tithes which broke up black families. It’s all been strategically planned out