The journey to separate but equal: Madame DeCuir's quest for racial justice in the Reconstruction era

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Map of route from New Orleans to Pointe Coupée Parish -- Partial family tree for Madame Josephine Dubuclet Decuir and Antoine Decuir II -- Introduction -- 1. Louisiana's Gens de Couleur and the Decuir and Dubuclet Families -- 2. Madame Decuir Returns from France and Hires New Lawyers -- 3. Madame Decuir's Journey and Reconstruction -- 4. Madame Decuir's Suit against Captain Benson -- 5. Judge Collum Decides -- 6. The Louisiana Supreme Court Affirms -- 7. Captain Benson Takes His Case to the US Supreme Court -- 8. Louisiana (and the Entire South) Redeemed -- 9. The Supreme Court Decides -- 10. The Completion of the Law's Journey to "Equal, but Separate" -- Epilogue -- Appendix. The Commerce Clause -- Notes -- Index -- Back Cover.