Government, Politics & Law

Coartación
Coartación was a legal framework during Spanish colonial rule in Louisiana that allowed enslaved people to purchase their freedom.
Coartación was a legal framework during Spanish colonial rule in Louisiana that allowed enslaved people to purchase their freedom.
Manumission is the formal act or process of being released from slavery.
During Louisiana's Spanish colonial period, the number of enslaved Africans and the number of free people of color increased greatly.
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