Bondage in Egypt: Slavery in Southern Illinois

By Darrel Dexter

Bondage in Egypt reconstructs how slavery and its variants functioned under legal and societal loopholes in southern Illinois from the early 18th century until the Civil War, detailing the complexities of power, law, and resistance in a region caught between North and South.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0809340267
• ISBN13: 9780809340262
• Release Date: July 2027
• Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
• Length: 638 Pages