Enslaved, Indentured, Free: Five Black Women on the Upper Mississippi, 1800-1850

by Mary Elise Antoine

The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 made slavery illegal in the territory that would later become Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin, and part of Minnesota. However, many Black individuals' rights were denied by white enslavers who continued to hold them captive in the territory well into the nineteenth century. Set in this period of American history, Enslaved, Indentured, Free shines a light on five extraordinary Black women--Marianne,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0870209892
• ISBN13: 9780870209895
• Release Date: October 2022
• Publisher: Wisconsin Historical Society Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"