Stealing Indian Women

by Ekberg, Carl J.

• ISBN13: 9780252077234
• ISBN10: 0252077237
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-01-15
• Publisher: Univ of Illinois Pr

Summary

Based almost entirely on original source documents from the United States, France, and Spain, Carl J. Ekbergrs"s Stealing Indian Women provides an innovative overview of Indian slavery in the Mississippi Valley. His detailed study of a fascinating and convoluted criminal case involving various slave women and a meacute;tis (mixed-blood) woodsman named Ceacute;ladon illuminates race and gender relations, Creole culture, and the lives of Indian slaves--particularly women--in ways never before possible.

Author Biography

Carl J. Ekberg is professor emeritus of history at Illinois State University. He is the author of many books, including the award-winning Colonial Ste. Genevieve and French Roots in the Illinois Country: The Mississippi Frontier in Colonial Times.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	p. ix
Preface	p. xi
Acknowledgments	p. xv
Introduction: The Illinois Country	p. 1
Indian Slavery
Colonial Louisiana	p. 9
French Illinois	p. 31
Spanish Illinois	p. 50
Couples and Couplings	p. 69
The Céladon Affair
Ste. Genevieve: The Old Town	p. 97
Colonial Revelries	p. 109
Indian Woman Dead	p. 133
Indian Woman Free	p. 144
The Black River	p. 167
Conclusion: The Price of Freedom	p. 181
Notes	p. 191
Index	p. 223
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