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Mrs. Dred Scott : a life on slavery's frontier

text Mrs. Dred Scott : a life on slavery's frontier

VanderVelde, Lea.

Summary
In telling the life of Harriet, Dred's wife and co-litigant in the case, this book provides a compensatory history to the generations of work that missed key sources only recently brought to light. Moreover, it gives insight into the reasons and w... Read more
Contents
Wife of a celebrity -- 1835 : arriving on the frontier -- Settling in -- Entertaining guests at the Indian Agency -- Late summer harvest -- Wintering over at St. Peter's Agency -- Winters deep -- 1836 : spring and the change of the guard -- Celest... Read more
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Description
viii, 480 p., [6] p. of plates : ill., map, ports. ; 25 cm.
Publisher
Oxford University Press 2009
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Woodmere (Main Branch) 973.7115 SCOTT, HARRIET VAN in Adult Non-fiction Available

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