The River We Have Wrought

The River We Have Wrought PDF

Author: John O. Anfinson

Publisher: U of Minnesota Press

Published:

Total Pages: 389

ISBN-13: 1452905908

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A sweeping history of the upper Mississippi introduces readers to the rich natural and human history of this region, from the earliest European explorers through the massive engineering projects that are changing the destiny of the river. (History)

Slavery in the Upper Mississippi Valley, 1787-1865

Slavery in the Upper Mississippi Valley, 1787-1865 PDF

Author: Christopher P. Lehman

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2014-01-10

Total Pages: 229

ISBN-13: 0786485892

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Although the passing of the Northwest Ordinance in 1787 banned African American slavery in the Upper Mississippi River Valley, making the new territory officially "free," slavery in fact persisted in the region through the end of the Civil War. Slaves accompanied presidential appointees serving as soldiers or federal officials in the Upper Mississippi, worked in federally supported mines, and openly accompanied southern travelers. Entrepreneurs from the East Coast started pro-slavery riverfront communities in Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa, and Minnesota to woo vacationing slaveholders. Midwestern slaves joined their southern counterparts in suffering family separations, beatings, auctions, and other indignities that accompanied status as chattel. This revealing work explores all facets of the "peculiar institution" in this peculiar location and its impact on the social and political development of the United States.

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