Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Introduction. Louisiana in Atlantic Perspective -- Part I. Empires -- Chapter 1. "To Establish One Law and Definite Rules": Race, Religion, and the Transatlantic Origins of the Louisiana Code Noir -- Chapter 2. Making a Career Out of the Atlantic: Louisiana's Plume -- Chapter 3. Spanish Louisiana in Atlantic Contexts: Nexus of Imperial Transactions and International Relations -- Part II. Circulations -- Chapter 4. Slaves and Poor Whites' Informal Economies in an Atlantic Context -- Chapter 5. "Un Nègre Nommè [Sic] Lubin Ne Connaissant Pas Sa Nation": The Small World of Louisiana Slavery -- Part III. Intimacies -- Chapter 6. Caribbean Louisiana: Church, Métissage, and the Language of Race in the Mississippi Colony during the French Period -- Chapter 7. Private Lives and Public Orders: Regulating Sex, Marriage, and Legitimacy in Spanish Colonial Louisiana -- Chapter 8. Atlantic Alliances: Marriage among People of African Descent in New Orleans -- Conclusion. Beyond Borders: Revising Atlantic History -- Notes -- List of Contributors -- Index -- Acknowledgments.