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Book Title: Voices of the Enslaved : Love, Labor, and Longing in French Louisiana
Number of Pages: 352 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Omohundro Institute of Early American History & CULTURE
Topic: United States / Colonial Period (1600-1775), United States / General, African American, Native American
Item Height: 0.8 in
Publication Year: 2021
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: History
Item Weight: 18 Oz
Author: Sophie White
Item Length: 9.2 in
Book Series: Published by the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture and the University of North Carolina Press Ser.
Item Width: 6.2 in
Format: Trade Paperback
