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From Slavery to Civil Rights : on the streetcars of New Orleans 1830s-present / Hilary Mc Laughlin-Stonham.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McLaughlin-Stonham, Hilary, author.
- Series:
- Liverpool studies in international slavery ; 17.
- Liverpool studies in international slavery, ; 17
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Race relations.
- Electric railroads--Cars.
- Electric railroads.
- African Americans--Civil rights.
- African Americans.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xi, 257 pages) : illustrations, maps.
- Other Title:
- From Slavery to Civil Rights
- Place of Publication:
- Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 2020.
- Summary:
- As a window into New Orleans society, From Slavery to Civil Rights chronicles segregation on the streetcars of New Orleans over two centuries and discovers the impact of local and national events on a segregated system that was, at times, both surprisingly rigid and elastic over the period.
- Contents:
- 1. Legal and social colour distinctions in antebellum Louisiana
- 2. Streetcars and protest
- 3. The rise of white supremacy
- 4. Streetcars and the end of colour
- 5. Resistance and compliance
- 6. Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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