Cover -- Contents -- Tables -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 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 -- Epilogue -- Bibliography -- Index.
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.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2022. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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