Black Life on the Mississippi: Slaves, Free Blacks, and the Western Steamboat World

Black Life on the Mississippi: Slaves, Free Blacks, and the Western Steamboat World

by ThomasC.Buchanan (Author)

Synopsis

All along the Mississippi, nineteenth-century African Americans worked and fought for their liberty amid the slave trade and the growth of the cotton South. Exploring the relationship between slavery and freedom, this work looks at the ways African Americans resisted slavery and developed a vibrant culture up and down America's greatest river.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 272
Edition: New edition
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Published: 15 Feb 2007

ISBN 10: 0807858137
ISBN 13: 9780807858134