Alexina Morrison's Legal Victory

Alexina Morrison, an escapee from slavery in Louisiana, asserted her freedom by claiming to be a kidnapped white girl and subsequently sued her master. This action incited public outrage against her master, to the extent that a mob threatened to lynch him. In race-based slavery, white-passing mixed-race male slaves were less valued due to the risk of successfully passing as free white men elsewhere, making them poor investments. Conversely, white-passing enslaved women held higher value than black women, as they were deemed more profitable for prostitution and sexual exploitation.