It takes the average reader 3 hours and 41 minutes to read African American Lives in St. Louis, 1763–1865 by Dale Edwyna Smith
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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 frontier attracted a cosmopolitan community. African Americans in St. Louis—both slave and free—enjoyed greater autonomy and opportunity than those in urban areas of the South and East. Slaves in the city set legal precedent by filing hundreds of freedom suits, often based on the prohibition...
African American Lives in St. Louis, 1763–1865 by Dale Edwyna Smith is 216 pages long, and a total of 55,296 words.
This makes it 73% the length of the average book. It also has 68% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 2 minutes to read African American Lives in St. Louis, 1763–1865 aloud.
African American Lives in St. Louis, 1763–1865 is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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