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04391cam a2200565 i 4500 001 B9BBF31E2F9911EF97908F8E36ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20240621014436 008 220402s2022 wiuabh b 001 0ceng 010 $a 2022000342 020 $a 0870209892 020 $a 9780870209895 035 $a (OCoLC)1319010669 040 $a LBSOR/DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCF $d WIH $d UKMGB $d WIM $d IDO $d YDX $d BDX $d IMF $d OCLCA $d OCL $d OCLCO $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us-wi 050 00 $a E185.93.W58 $b A58 2022 082 00 $a B $a B $2 23/eng/20220518 086 $a HIS.2:E 56/2022 $2 widocs 100 1 $a Antoine, Mary Elise, $e author. 245 10 $a Enslaved, indentured, free : $b five Black women on the Upper Mississippi, 1800-1850 / $c Mary Elise Antoine. 264 1 $a [Madison, Wisconsin] : $b Wisconsin Historical Society Press, $c [2022] 300 $a xi, 218 pages : $b illustrations, facsimiles, maps ; $c 23 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Marianne, 1769-1816 -- Mariah, 1800-1829 -- Patsey, 1800-1880 -- Courtney, 1812-1835 -- Rachel, 1814-1834 -- Suing for freedom, 1834-1836 -- Living free in Prairie du Chien, 1836-1880. 520 $a "This book presents the stories of four Black women-Mariah, Patsey, Courtney, and Rachel-who were born into slavery and obtained their freedom. At various times, all four women lived at Prairie du Chien, and over a period of five years, their lives intersected. While they lived in the community, each came to know Marianne Labuche, a free Black woman, who likely inspired and influenced their various quests for freedom. Mariah purchased her freedom from her enslaver; Patsey gained her freedom through persistence, after the deaths of her enslavers; and Courtney and Rachel each filed freedom suits and won their cases after moving with their enslavers from Prairie du Chien to Missouri. The legal precedent set in the arguments and decision presented in Courtney's suit was later used by the legal counsel for Dred and Harriet Scott in their petition for freedom. Mary Antoine has carefully reconstructed the women's lives by piecing together bits of information from many sources, including the records of the white men and women who enslaved them; legal documents that recorded their births, baptisms, and marriages; requests for pay by the US Army officers who held them in bondage; and documents and transcripts of court cases maintained by the US legal system. By centering the women and their experiences, the book explores the history of slavery in what is now Wisconsin-particularly the fact that slavery persisted here well into the 1800s, despite the fact that it was illegal. Against the odds, these four women found freedom, thanks in part to the community they encountered in Prairie du Chien"-- $c Provided by publisher 650 0 $a African American women $z Prairie du Chien $z Prairie du Chien $v Biography. 650 0 $a African American women $z Prairie du Chien $z Prairie du Chien $x Social conditions. 650 0 $a Enslaved women $z Prairie du Chien $z Prairie du Chien $v Biography. 650 0 $a Enslaved women $z Prairie du Chien $z Prairie du Chien $x Social conditions. 651 0 $a Prairie du Chien (Wis.) $v Biography. 651 0 $a Prairie du Chien (Wis.) $x Social conditions. 650 6 $a Noires ameÌricaines $z Prairie du Chien $z Prairie du Chien $v Biographies. 650 6 $a Noires ameÌricaines $z Prairie du Chien $z Prairie du Chien $x Conditions sociales. 650 6 $a Femmes esclaves $z Prairie du Chien $z Prairie du Chien $v Biographies. 650 6 $a Femmes esclaves $z Prairie du Chien $z Prairie du Chien $x Conditions sociales. 650 7 $a African American women $2 fast 650 7 $a African American women $x Social conditions $2 fast 650 7 $a Social conditions $2 fast 650 7 $a Enslaved women $2 fast 650 7 $a Enslaved women $x Social conditions $2 fast 651 7 $a Wisconsin $z Prairie du Chien $2 fast 655 7 $a Biographies $2 fast 655 7 $a Biographies. $2 lcgft 655 7 $a Biographies. $2 rvmgf 776 08 $i Online version: $a Antoine, Mary Elise. $t Enslaved, indentured, free. $d [Madison, Wisconsin] : Wisconsin Historical Society Press, [2022] $z 9780870209901 $w (DLC) 2022000343 941 $a 1 $n 1 952 $l VXPE964 $d 20240621130345.0 $n 9 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=B9BBF31E2F9911EF97908F8E36ECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IOZInitiate Another SILO Locator Search