Deep Roots Vol. 5 — New Orleans: The Lawsuit, the Quarter, the Mask (EPUB)
New Orleans, receipt by receipt: Homer Plessy's planned arrest and Plessy v. Ferguson, 163 U.S. 537 (1896) — with the pardon of January 5, 2022 and an honest note that no verified portrait of Plessy exists; the Creoles of color anchored to the 1860 census (18,647 statewide, 10,689 in New Orleans); the Congo Square–Storyville pipeline; the Mardi Gras Indians' year of sewing; Zulu's documented floor, the notarial incorporation of September 20, 1916; and McDonogh's paradox, his enslaved count printed open at 95 vs. 192. All 6 chapters, each closing with its sources and a method note. The clean EPUB edition for any e-reader, tablet, or phone. Two states. One story. All receipts.