Slavery in the Upper Mississippi Valley, 1787-1865 a history of human bondage in Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin /

"Although the passage of the Northwest Ordinance in 1787 banned African American slavery in the Upper Mississippi River Valley, slavery as a practice persisted in the region through the end of the Civil War. This work explores all facets of the "peculiar institution" in this peculiar location and it...

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Autor Principal: Lehman, Christopher P.
Autor Corporativo: ebrary, Inc
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:inglés
Publicado: Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, 2011.
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Table of Contents:
  • Slavery in the Northwest Territory
  • The politics of indentured servitude : slavery in Illinois
  • Miners and soldiers : slavery in Wisconsin
  • Migrating southerners : slavery in Iowa
  • Hoteliers and local slaveholders : slavery in Minnesota
  • Dred Scott and the boom in upper Mississippi slavery
  • Upper Mississippi slavery in the Civil War years.