Fighting for a free Missouri : German immigrants, African Americans, and the issue of slavery / edited by Sydney J. Norton.

""Fighting for a Free Missouri" features ten essays by scholars of German and American Studies, African American history, and sociology, that present contrasting perspectives on the political motives of Missouri German immigrants who fought against slavery before and during the Civil War. The divers...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Norton, Sydney (Editor)
Language:English
Published: Columbia : University of Missouri Press, [2023]
Subjects:
German Americans > Political activity > Missouri > 19th century.
Antislavery movements > Missouri > History > 19th century.
Abolitionists > Missouri > History > 19th century.
Missouri > Race relations > History > 19th century.
German Americans > Missouri > History > 19th century.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Participation, German Americans.
Abolitionnistes > Missouri > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Mouvements antiesclavagistes > Missouri > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Missouri > Relations raciales > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Abolitionists.
Antislavery movements.
German Americans.
Military participation > German American.
Missouri.
United States.
1800-1899
History.
Genre:
History.
Physical Description:xxvii, 300 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Format: Book

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