Stealing Indian women native slavery in the Illinois Country by Carl J. Ekberg ISBN 13: 9780252032080

Very Good. First Edition: Number line..Hardcover with very good dust jacket

University of Illinois Press, 2007. Hardback. Collectible: Good/Very Good. !st Edition, 1st Printing. GOOD with pencil underlines throughout and a few instances of marginalia. Dust jacket if very good. Binding it tight and square. . . . . . . The first history of Indian slavery in the Mississippi Valley during the colonial era. Based almost entirely on original source documents from the United States, France, and Spain, Carl J. Ekberg's "Stealing Indian Women" provides a novel overview of Indian slavery in the Mississippi Valley. His detailed study of a fascinating and convoluted criminal case involving various slave women and a metis (mixed-blood) woodsman named Celadon illuminates race and gender relations, Creole culture, and the lives of Indian slaves--particularly women--in ways never before possible. . . . . . . . TABLE OF CONTENTS: * PART ONE - INDIAN SLAVERY: 1.) Colonial Louisiana -- 2.) French Illinois -- 3.) Spanish Illinois -- 4.) Couples and couplings ------ * PART: TWO - THE CELADON… Read More

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

University of Illinois Press. hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!