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"We are who we say we are" : a Black family's search for home across the Atlantic world / Mary Frances Berry.
Van Pelt Library E185.96 .B47 2015
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Berry, Mary Frances, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Snaer, Louis Antoine, 1842-1917--Family.
- Snaer, Louis Antoine.
- Snaer, Louis Antoine, 1842-1917.
- African American families--Biography.
- African American families.
- Free African Americans--Biography.
- Free African Americans.
- Creoles--America--Biography.
- Creoles.
- African Americans--Genealogy.
- African Americans.
- African Americans--Race identity.
- Black people--America--Migrations--History.
- Black people.
- Passing (Identity)--America--History.
- Passing (Identity).
- History.
- Families.
- New Orleans (La.)--Biography.
- New Orleans (La.).
- California--Biography.
- California.
- America.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Family histories.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 206 pages ; 21 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2015]
- Summary:
- "Supplement text for courses in African-American History and History of Immigration. The Afro-Creole story offers a unique historical lens through which to understand the issues of migration, immigration, passing, identity and color - forces that still shape American society today"--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Becoming colored Creole
- Becoming Americans
- Family troubles
- Fighting for democracy
- Becoming "Negroes"
- Opportunity and tragedy in Iberia Parish
- Mulattoes and colored Creoles
- Just Americans
- At home or away : we are who we say we are
- Epilogue: Becoming "Black."
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780199978335
- 0199978336
- OCLC:
- 890107223
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