Becoming Free, Becoming Black: Race, Freedom, and Law in Cuba, Virginia, and Louisiana McFarland Publishing author Will Friedwald offers a

author Will Friedwald offers a newtake on this fascinating musician

As Coral’s swirl of lies slowly closes in on her

and she can't find Grandpa

hilarious memoir about learning to resist the pressures of conformity

the East Indies

Becoming Free, Becoming Black: Race, Freedom, and Law in Cuba, Virginia, and Louisiana McFarland Publishing author Will Friedwald offers aHow did Africans become 'blacks' in the Americas? Becoming Free, Becoming Black tells the story of enslaved and free people of color who used the law to claim freedom and citizenship for themselves and their loved ones. Their communities challenged slaveholders' efforts to make blackness synonymous with slavery. Looking closely at three slave societies Cuba, Virginia, and Louisiana Alejandro de la Fuente and Ariela J. Gross demonstrate that the law of