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Free People Of Color In West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, Evelyn Lenora Wilson
Free People Of Color In West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, Evelyn Lenora Wilson
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“Free People of Color in West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana” documents the presence, land ownership, business development, and personal relationships of free people of color in a rural Louisiana parish. Beginning with how free people of color came to be in the parish, it shows an absence of segregation by skin color in home ownership, business relationships, and friendships. Free people of color found themselves accepted in a community that valued their talents and skills and disregarded the color of their skin.
Free people of color bought and sold homes in whatever part of the parish suited them. Most lived surrounded …