Lehman, Christopher P. <br/><br/>
Slavery in the Upper Mississippi Valley, 1787-1865  a history of human bondage in Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin /  [electronic resource] : 
Christopher P. Lehman. 
 - Jefferson, N.C. :  McFarland,  2011. 
 - vi, 222 p. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> "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. 
<br/><br/><br/>Electronic reproduction. <br/>Palo Alto, Calif. : <br/>ebrary, <br/>2011. <br/>Available via World Wide Web. <br/>Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Slavery--History--Middle West--19th century.<br/>Slavery--Extension to the territories.--United States
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Middle West--Politics and government--19th century.<br/>Middle West--Social conditions--19th century.<br/>Middle West--Race relations--History--19th century.
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<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>E415.7  / .L44 2011eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>305.800977