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Madame Lalaurie, mistress of the haunted house / Carolyn Morrow Long.
Van Pelt Library HV6248.L1825 L66 2012
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Long, Carolyn Morrow.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Lalaurie, Delphine.
- Women murderers--Louisiana--New Orleans--Biography.
- Women murderers.
- Slaveholders--Louisiana--New Orleans--Biography.
- Slaveholders.
- Socialites--Louisiana--New Orleans--Biography.
- Socialites.
- Torture.
- History.
- Enslaved persons--Abuse of.
- Louisiana--New Orleans.
- Enslaved persons--Abuse of--Louisiana--New Orleans--19th century.
- Enslaved persons.
- Torture--Louisiana--New Orleans--History--19th century.
- New Orleans (La.)--Biography.
- New Orleans (La.).
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 258 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Gainesville : University Press of Florida, [2012]
- Contents:
- 1 The Macartys 11
- 2 López y Ángulo 25
- 3 Blanque 36
- 4 Lalaurie 53
- 5 "Passive Beings" 72
- 6 The Fire 89
- 7 Exile 109
- 8 Denouement 140
- 9 The "Haunted House" 155.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780813038063
- 0813038065
- OCLC:
- 748330872
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