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

"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 hist...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Smith, Dale Edwyna (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2017]
Temas:
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. > Missouri > History.
African American pioneers > West (U.S.) > History.
African Americans > Missouri > Saint Louis > Social conditions > 18th century.
Noirs américains > Missouri > Saint Louis > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Noirs américains > Missouri > Saint Louis > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Personnes affranchies > Missouri > Saint Louis.
Noirs américains > Missouri > Saint Louis > Conditions sociales > 18e siècle.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
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.
West United States.
History.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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