Indians, Settlers & Slaves in a Frontier Exchange Economy: The Lower Mississippi Valley Before 1783
- ISBN-10
- 0807820148
- ISBN-13
- 9780807820148
- Category
- Mississippi River Valley
- Pages
- 92
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1992
- Publisher
- Omohundro Inst of Early Amer
- Author
- Daniel Henry Usner
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Indians, Settlers, and Slaves in a Frontier Exchange Economy: The Lower Mississippi Valley Before 1783
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