1.5: Planters vs. Maroons
May 17, 2024•14 min•Season 1Ep. 5
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Episode description
Spain angers New Orleans plantation owners by rewriting the slavery codes. Maroon settlements offer an alternative way of life for enslaved people who run away. This upsets the slavocracy.
READ MORE:
The Accidental City: Improvising New Orleans by Lawrence N. Powell
The World That Made New Orleans: From Spanish Silver to Congo Square by Ned Sublette
Spaniards, Planters, and Slaves: The Spanish Regulation of Slavery in Louisiana, 1763–1803 by Gilbert C. Din
https://64parishes.org/entry/slavery-in-french-colonial-louisiana
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