2021/128: A Free Man of Color -- Barbara Hambly

2021/128: A Free Man of Color -- Barbara Hambly

It had been a French city then, with the French understanding of who, and what, the free colored actually were: a race of not-quite-acknowledged cousins, neither African nor European, but property holders, artisans, citizens. [loc. 2034]

In 1817, Benjamin January left New Orleans for Paris. In 1833, after the death of his wife, he returns to a city that has changed in his absence -- and not for the better.( Read more... )