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Author:

Lehman, Christopher P.

Title:

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

Publisher:

McFarland,

Copyright Date:

c2011

Description:

vi, 222 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Slavery--Middle West--History--19th century.
Slavery--United States--Extension to the territories.
Middle West--Politics and government--19th century.
Middle West--History--History--19th century.
Middle West--History--History--19th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

Summary:

"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 its impact on the social and political development"--Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

0786458720 (softcover : alk. paper)
9780786458721 (softcover : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)689522327

LCCN:

2011003416

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Ankeny)

PNAX964 -- Northeast Iowa Community College Library - Calmar (Calmar)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

PRAX771 -- Cowles Library (Des Moines)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)

F3OX522 -- State Historical Society of Iowa Library (Iowa City)