Slavery's reach : Southern slaveholders in the North Star State /

From the 1840s through the end of the Civil War, leading Minnesotans invited slaveholders and their wealth into the free territory and free state of Minnesota, enriching the area's communities and residents. Dozens of southern slaveholders and people raised in slaveholding families purchased la...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Lehman, Christopher P. (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Saint Paul : Minnesota Historical Society Press, [2019]
Subjects:	Slavery > Minnesota > History > 19th century. Slavery > Economic aspects > Minnesota. Investments > Moral and ethical aspects > Minnesota. Slaveholders > Minnesota > History > 19th century. Slaveholders > Southern States > History > 19th century. Slaves > Minnesota > History. Businesspeople > Minnesota > History > 19th century. Slaveholders > Minnesota > Economic conditions. Minnesota > Economic conditions > 19th century.

Table of Contents:

Introduction: Hidden in plain sight
Fur traders
Presidential appointees
Migrants
Elite planters
Commuters
Rice's network
Lowry's network
Bankers and insurance agents
Hotel guests
Confederates
Conclusion: Minnesota after slavery.