"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.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Slavery 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.
