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    Free women of color in Spanish colonial New Orleans 1768-1803

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    Wegner(Keia)3.ppt (422Kb)
    Date
    2007
    Author
    Wegner, Keia
    Advisor(s)
    Meisel, Seth
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    Abstract
    Poster examines..."the economic and social mobility of free women of color in Spanish colonial New Orleans through an analysis of notarial documents, wills, acts, and marriage records. These records showed how free women of color's relationships with white upper class males, affected their children and later generations through patterns of economic and social mobility and wealth."
    Subject
    African American women -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- History -- 18th century
    African American women -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- History -- 19th century
    African American women -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- Social conditions -- 18th century
    African American women -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- Social conditions -- 19th century
    Free African Americans -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- History -- 18th century
    Free African Americans -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- History -- 19th century
    Free African Americans -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- Social conditions -- 18th century
    Free African Americans -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- Social conditions -- 19th century
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    http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1793/21337
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    A poster containing visuals and text describing an undergraduate research project completed at the University of Wisconsin--Whitewater.
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