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 diverse perspectives in this book attest to the complexity of German immigrants' place in the American political and social landscape, and makes evident the central and positive role that German political activism has played in the material lives of people of color and the establishment of democratic values in Missouri and the country at large"-- Provided by publisher.