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Author:

Smith, Dale Edwyna, author.

Title:

African American lives in St. Louis, 1763-1865 : slavery, freedom and the West / Dale Edwyna Smith.

Publisher:

McFarland & CompanyInc., Publishers,

Copyright Date:

2017

Description:

x, 204 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Subject:

African Americans--Saint Louis--Saint Louis--History--19th century.
African Americans--Saint Louis--Saint Louis--History--18th century.
Slavery--Saint Louis--Saint Louis--History.
Saint Louis (Mo.)--History--19th century.
Saint Louis (Mo.)--History--18th century.
Freedmen--Saint Louis.--Saint Louis.
Slaves--History.--Missouri--History.
African American pioneers--West (U.S.)--History.
African Americans--Saint Louis--Saint Louis--Social conditions--18th century.
Saint Louis (Mo.)--History.--History.
African American pioneers.
African Americans.
African Americans--Social conditions.
Freedmen.
Race relations.
Slavery.
Slaves--Legal status, laws, etc.
Missouri.
Missouri--Saint Louis.
United States, West.
1700-1899
History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Prologue -- Gateway to the west -- The color of law -- To the frontier -- "The dangerous class": women of color and the St. Louis frontier -- Sold west: the slave trade and the advancing frontier -- "Free with the world": the strange case of Milton Duty -- "As far as Kansas": slave resistance in the gateway -- Standing ground: free people of color and the St. Louis land court -- The civil war -- Epilogue. The bond of color: St. Louis people of color and the West.

Summary:

"African Americans in St. Louis enjoyed greater autonomy and opportunity than those in urban areas of the South and East. Slaves in the city set legal precedent by filing hundreds of freedom suits, often based on the prohibition against slavery. This book explores the role of blacks in the history of St. Louis through the Civil War"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

1476666830
9781476666839

OCLC:

(OCoLC)966633862

LCCN:

2016057891

Locations:

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