African American Lives in St. Louis, 1763-1865

African American Lives in St. Louis, 1763-1865
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Publisher : McFarland
Total Pages : 215
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ISBN-10 : 9781476666839
ISBN-13 : 1476666830
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Book Synopsis African American Lives in St. Louis, 1763-1865 by : Dale Edwyna Smith

Download or read book African American Lives in St. Louis, 1763-1865 written by Dale Edwyna Smith and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2017-02-22 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The African American presence in St. Louis began in 1763 with the arrival of several free men of color who accompanied Pierre Laclede from New Orleans to set up a fur trading fort on the Mississippi. Within a few decades, the fort had become a prosperous commercial center whose proximity to the western frontier attracted a cosmopolitan community. African Americans in St. Louis--both slave and free--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 set by the Northwest Ordinance of 1787. After a century in the region, many blacks enlisted in the Union Army during the Civil War. Drawing on a wide range of sources, the author studies the history of slaves and free blacks in this city.


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