African American Lives in St. Louis, 1763-1865: Slavery, Freedom and the West

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The African American presence in St. Louis started in 1763 with the arrival of several free men of color who accompanied Pierre Laclede from New Orleans to set up a fur trading fort at the Mississippi. Within a couple of decades, the fort had develop into a prosperous commercial center whose proximity to the western frontier attracted a cosmopolitan community.

African Americans in St. Louis–both slave and free–enjoyed greater autonomy and opportunity than those in urban areas of the South and East. Slaves in the city set legal precedent by filing hundreds of freedom suits, ceaselessly in line with the prohibition against slavery set by the Northwest Ordinance of 1787. After a century in the region, many blacks enlisted in the Union Army all over the Civil War. Drawing on a variety of sources, the creator studies the history of slaves and free blacks on this city.

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