01995nam 2200457 450 991068843370332120230624054544.0(CKB)5400000000040258(NjHacI)995400000000040258(EXLCZ)99540000000004025820230624d2020 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierFrom Slavery to Civil Rights on the streetcars of New Orleans 1830s-present /Hilary Mc Laughlin-StonhamLiverpool :Liverpool University Press,2020.©20201 online resource (xi, 257 pages) illustrations, mapsLiverpool studies in international slavery, ;171-80034-855-X Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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.Liverpool studies in international slavery ;17.From Slavery to Civil Rights Race relationsElectric railroadsCarsAfrican AmericansCivil rightsRace relations.Electric railroadsCars.African AmericansCivil rights.323.1196073McLaughlin-Stonham Hilary1367645NjHacINjHaclBOOK9910688433703321From Slavery to Civil Rights3391271UNINA