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LEADER: 01979cam a22003254a 4500
001 2011003416
003 DLC
005 20150228080740.0
008 110127s2011 ncua b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2011003416
020 $a9780786458721 (softcover : alk. paper)
020 $a0786458720 (softcover : alk. paper)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn689522327
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050 00 $aE415.7$b.L44 2011
082 00 $a305.800977$222
100 1 $aLehman, Christopher P.
245 10 $aSlavery in the Upper Mississippi Valley, 1787-1865 :$ba history of human bondage in Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin /$cChristopher P. Lehman.
260 $aJefferson, N.C. :$bMcFarland,$cc2011.
300 $avi, 222 p. :$bill. ;$c23 cm.
520 $a"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.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aSlavery 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.
650 0 $aSlavery$zMiddle West$xHistory$y19th century.
650 0 $aSlavery$zUnited States$xExtension to the territories.
651 0 $aMiddle West$xPolitics and government$y19th century.
651 0 $aMiddle West$xSocial conditions$y19th century.
651 0 $aMiddle West$xRace relations$xHistory$y19th century.