Stealing Indian women
Subtitle: native slavery in the Illinois Country
By: Carl J. Ekberg.
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Urbana
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780252032080
Subjects: Indian slaves -- Mississippi River Valley -- History; Women slaves -- Mississippi River Valley -- History; Indians, Treatment of -- Mississippi River Valley -- History; Indians of North America -- Mississippi River Valley -- History; Mississippi River Valley -- Race relations
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: the Illinois Country; title: Indian slavery; title: Colonial Louisiana; title: French Illinois; title: Spanish Illinois; title: Couples and couplings; title: The Celadon affair; title: Ste. Genevieve : the old town; title: Colonial revelries; title: Indian woman dead; title: Indian woman free; title: The Black river; title: Conclusion : the price of freedom.