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Christopher P. Lehman

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Description:Ordinance in 1787 banned African American slavery in the Upper Mississippi River Valley, making the new territory officially free, slavery in fact persisted in the region through the end of the Civil War. Slaves accompanied presidential appointees serving as soldiers or federal officials in the Upper Mississippi, worked in federally supported mines, and openly accompanied southern travelers. Entrepreneurs from the East Coast started pro-slavery riverfront communities in Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa, and Minnesota to woo vacationing slaveholders. Midwestern slaves joined their southern counterparts in suffering family separations, beatings, auctions, and other indignities that accompanied status as chattel. This revealing work explores all facets of the peculiar institution in this peculiar location and its impact on the social and political development of the United States.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Slavery in the Upper Mississippi Valley, 1787-1865: A History of Muman Bondage in Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. To get started finding Slavery in the Upper Mississippi Valley, 1787-1865: A History of Muman Bondage in Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, and Wisconsin, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Ordinance in 1787 banned African American slavery in the Upper Mississippi River Valley, making the new territory officially free, slavery in fact persisted in the region through the end of the Civil War. Slaves accompanied presidential appointees serving as soldiers or federal officials in the Upper Mississippi, worked in federally supported mines, and openly accompanied southern travelers. Entrepreneurs from the East Coast started pro-slavery riverfront communities in Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa, and Minnesota to woo vacationing slaveholders. Midwestern slaves joined their southern counterparts in suffering family separations, beatings, auctions, and other indignities that accompanied status as chattel. This revealing work explores all facets of the peculiar institution in this peculiar location and its impact on the social and political development of the United States.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Slavery in the Upper Mississippi Valley, 1787-1865: A History of Muman Bondage in Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. To get started finding Slavery in the Upper Mississippi Valley, 1787-1865: A History of Muman Bondage in Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, and Wisconsin, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Slavery in the Upper Mississippi Valley, 1787-1865: A History of Muman Bondage in Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, and Wisconsin

Slavery in the Upper Mississippi Valley, 1787-1865: A History of Muman Bondage in Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, and Wisconsin

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