| Stealing Indian Women: Native Slavery in the Illinois Country Contributor(s): Ekberg, Carl J. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0252077237 ISBN-13: 9780252077234 Publisher: University of Illinois Press OUR PRICE: $25.65 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Native American - Social Science | Slavery - History | United States - State & Local - Midwest(ia,il,in,ks,mi,mn,mo,nd,ne,oh,sd,wi |
| Dewey: 977.300 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6" W x 8.9" (0.85 lbs) 256 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Native American - Cultural Region - Midwest - Cultural Region - Upper Midwest - Geographic Orientation - Illinois |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Based almost entirely on original source documents from the United States, France, and Spain, Carl J. Ekberg's Stealing Indian Women provides an innovative overview of Indian slavery in the Mississippi Valley. His detailed study of a fascinating and convoluted criminal case involving various slave women and a m tis (mixed-blood) woodsman named C ladon illuminates race and gender relations, Creole culture, and the lives of Indian slaves--particularly women--in ways never before possible. |