Stealing Indian women : native slavery in the Illinois Country / Carl J. Ekberg.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ekberg, Carl J.
Language:English
Published: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2007], ©2007.
Subjects:
Enslaved Indigenous persons > Mississippi River Valley > History.
Enslaved women > Mississippi River Valley > History.
Indigenous peoples, Treatment of > Mississippi River Valley > History.
Indigenous peoples of North America > Mississippi River Valley > History.
Mississippi River Valley > Race relations.
Physical Description:xvi, 236 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Introduction: the Illinois Country
  • Indian slavery
  • Colonial Louisiana
  • French Illinois
  • Spanish Illinois
  • Couples and couplings
  • The Céladon affair
  • Ste. Genevieve : the old town
  • Colonial revelries
  • Indian woman dead
  • Indian woman free
  • The Black River
  • Conclusion : the price of freedom.