On Slavery's Border Missouri's Small Slaveholding Households, 1815-1865 |
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| Author:
| Mutti Burke, Diane |
| Series title: | Early American Places Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8203-3683-1 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 2010 |
| Publisher: | University of Georgia Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $32.95 |
Book Description:
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Burke focuses on the Missouri counties located along the Mississippi and Missouri rivers to investigate small-scale slavery at the level of the household and neighborhood. She examines such topics as the relations between slaves and owners, the challenges faced by slave families, and the disintegration of slavery during the Civil War.
Burke focuses on the Missouri counties located along the Mississippi and Missouri rivers to investigate small-scale slavery at the level of the household and neighborhood. She examines such topics as the relations between slaves and owners, the challenges faced by slave families, and the disintegration of slavery during the Civil War.