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Mary Elise Antoine

Mary Elise Antoine,  author of Enslaved, Indentured, Free: Five Black Women on the Upper Mississippi, 1800-1850 and The War of 1812 in Wisconsin: The Battle for Prairie du Chien and co-author of Frenchtown Chronicles of Prairie du Chien: History and Folklore from Wisconsin's Frontier, is president of the Prairie du Chien Historical Society and former curator of Villa Louis. Her research focuses on the material culture and mix and confrontation of cultures on the upper Mississippi prior to Wisconsin statehood.

Topics:

• African American History
• British Fur Trade
• French-Canadian Architecture and Furnishings in Wisconsin
• Wisconsin French-Canadians
• The Dakota People

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