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

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

"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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Main Author: Smith, Dale Edwyna (Author)
Other title:Slavery, freedom and the West.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2017]
Subjects:
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.
African American pioneers.
African Americans.
African Americans > Social conditions.
Freedmen.
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.
History.

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