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Author:
Fatima Shaik
Publisher:
Historic New Orleans Collection
Date:
March 15, 2021
After rescuing handwritten journals from antebellum New Orleans, Shaik learns the little-known history of Société d'Economie et d'Assistance Mutuelle, a mutual aid society founded by a group of the city's free people of color. In this history, she follows Ludger Boguille, his family and friends through landmark eventsâfrom the Haitian Revolution to the birth of jazzâthat shaped New Orleans and the United States.
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... a compelling work [that] involves both painstaking research and serendipity.
... intriguing.
... a richly detailed, fluent narrative.
