Dale Edwyna Smith: 2 books

The African American presence in St. Louis began 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 on the Mississippi. Within a few decades, the fort had become a prosperous commercial center whose proximity to the western...

First published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.