Slavery on the Periphery: The Kansas-Missouri Border in the Antebellum and Civil War Eras

by Kristen Epps

Book Overview

Slavery on the Periphery traces the rise and fall of chattel slavery on the Kansas-Missouri border from the earliest years of American settlement through the Civil War, exploring how its presence shaped life on this critical geographical, political, and social fault line. Kristen Epps explores how this dynamic, small-scale system--characterized by slaves' diverse occupations, close contact between slaves and slaveholders, a robust hiring...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0820354783
• ISBN13: 9780820354781
• Release Date: July 2018
• Publisher: University of Georgia Press
• Length: 284 Pages
• Weight: 0.77 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"