Slavery on the Periphery: The Kansas-Missouri Border in the Antebellum and Civil War Eras
(Part of the Early American Places Series and Early American Places Series)
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Slavery on the Periphery traces the rise and fall of chattel slavery on the Kansas-Missouri border from the earliest years of American settlement through the Civil War, exploring how its presence shaped life on this critical geographical, political, and social fault line. Kristen Epps explores how this dynamic, small-scale system--characterized by slaves' diverse occupations, close contact between slaves and slaveholders, a robust hiring...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0820354783
ISBN13:9780820354781
Release Date:July 2018
Publisher:University of Georgia Press
Length:284 Pages
Weight:0.77 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"
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