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African American lives in St. Louis, 1763-1865 : slavery, freedom and the West
- Title
- African American lives in St. Louis, 1763-1865 : slavery, freedom and the West / Dale Edwyna Smith.
- Author
- Smith, Dale Edwyna
- Publication
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2017]
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Details
- Description
- x, 204 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
- 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"--
- Alternative Title
- Slavery, freedom and the West
- Subject
- 1700-1899
- African Americans > Missouri > Saint Louis > History > 19th century
- African Americans > Missouri > Saint Louis > History > 18th century
- Slavery > Missouri > Saint Louis > History
- Freed persons > Missouri > Saint Louis
- Enslaved persons > Legal status, laws, etc. > History. > Missouri
- African American pioneers > West (U.S.) > History
- African Americans > Missouri > Saint Louis > Social conditions > 18th century
- African American pioneers
- African Americans
- African Americans > Social conditions
- Freed persons
- Race relations
- Slavery
- Enslaved persons > Legal status, laws, etc
- Saint Louis (Mo.) > History > 19th century
- Saint Louis (Mo.) > History > 18th century
- Saint Louis (Mo.) > Race relations > History
- Missouri
- Missouri > Saint Louis
- United States, West
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- 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.
- Call Number
- Sc E 17-694
- ISBN
- 9781476666839
- 1476666830
- LCCN
- 2016057891
- OCLC
- 966633862
- Author
- Smith, Dale Edwyna, author.
- Title
- African American lives in St. Louis, 1763-1865 : slavery, freedom and the West / Dale Edwyna Smith.
- Publisher
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2017]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Chronological Term
- 1700-1899
- Research Call Number
- Sc E 17-694