CONTENTS
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. The Gulf and Its City
2. A Legal System in Flux
3. “We Shall Serve with Fidelity and Zeal”
4. Outside the Bonds of Matrimony
5. Owning So as Not to Be Owned
6. “When the Question Is Slavery or Freedom”
Epilogue: From Adele to Plessy
Notes
Index
About the Author
