Exotic, seductive, and doomed: the antebellum mixed-race free woman of color has long operated as a metaphor for New Orleans. Commonly known as a "quadroon," sh
The history of race in North America is still often conceived of in black and white terms. In this book, A. B. Wilkinson complicates that history by investigati
An Infinity of Nations explores the formation and development of a Native New World in North America. Until the middle of the nineteenth century, indigenous peo