Enslaved, Indentured, Free: Five Black Women on the Upper Mississippi, 1800–1850

Explore the rarely-examined history of African American women living on the Midwestern frontier through the stories of five extraordinary Black women whose lives intersected in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, in the early 1800s. The book shines a light how each woman sought and ultimately secured her freedom through resourcefulness, self-purchase, and freedom suits.