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trope about IU colorism
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* ButNotTooBlack: Discussed in detail. New Orleans' mixed-race society and all the divisions of color therewith feature prominently throughout the books. January himself is griffe (three-quarters black), along with his full sister Olympe; his mother Livia is mulatto (half black), while his half-sister Dominique is quadroon (three-quarters white).
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* KarmicDeath: In ''A Free Man of Color'', fencing master Mayerling remarks that he is uplifted when, every once in a while, people really do get what they deserve. [[spoiler:Madeline Trepagier was begging Angelique Crozat (her late husband's mistress) to return the jewels that the husband had given her, because these jewels originally belonged to Madeline and she desperately needed them back because of her poverty. Angelique brushed her off and brazenly wore the jewels to a masquerade ball - and ended up strangled to death by a man who mistook her for Madeline.]]
* LovingAShadow: In ''A Free Man of Color'', Galen Peralta is suspected of murdering Angelique Crozat because he was the last person to see her alive, and was seen quarreling violently with her after she mocked his stammer, especially when he'd come to the ball to profess his love for her. Galen swears to Benjamin that he is innocent; Benjamin believes him, but asks if he can think of anyone else who might have wanted her dead. Galen is taken aback, and Benjamin quickly sees that the young man never thought of Angelique as a person with enemies - or friends, or family, or really any kind of life at all outside of being the object of his infatuation.
* LovingAShadow: In ''A Free Man of Color'', Galen Peralta is suspected of murdering Angelique Crozat because he was the last person to see her alive, and was seen quarreling violently with her after she mocked his stammer, especially when he'd come to the ball to profess his love for her. Galen swears to Benjamin that he is innocent; Benjamin believes him, but asks if he can think of anyone else who might have wanted her dead. Galen is taken aback, and Benjamin quickly sees that the young man never thought of Angelique as a person with enemies - or friends, or family, or really any kind of life at all outside of being the object of his infatuation.
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* HotScientist: Rose is a teacher, naturalist and chemist, and is also amazingly good-looking, even by the standards of the ''demimonde.''
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* IllGirl: Hannibal, despite being male, fits the trope quite nicely. When he isn't suffering an exacerbation of tuberculosis, alcohol and laudanum can be counted on to provide the illness.
** WeaknessTurnsHerOn: [[ChivalrousPervert He likes women]], and they like him.
** WeaknessTurnsHerOn: [[ChivalrousPervert He likes women]], and they like him.
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* ObfuscatingStupidity: Abishag Shaw knows the French and Creole population of New Orleans consider Americans far below them in intelligence and class, and uses their prejudice to his own advantage. Benjamin himself is skilled at turning racial prejudice to his own advantage.
