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Author Leichtle, Kurt E., 1949-

Title Crusade against slavery [electronic resource] : Edward Coles, pioneer of freedom / Kurt E. Leichtle and Bruce G. Carveth.

Imprint Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, c2011.

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Description xi, 268 p. : ill., ports.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents "Dust in the balance" : an introduction -- River and opportunity -- Man of property -- Release -- Beginning -- A rough land of great promise -- Contest and convention -- A prairie firestorm -- The chasm -- The complaint -- The emancipator -- The devastating truth of Madison's will -- The aging historian -- The preacher -- Prodigal Virginian -- The woodlands.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Coles, Edward, 1786-1868.
Governors -- Illinois -- Biography.
Slavery -- Illinois -- History.
Slaves -- Emancipation -- Illinois -- History.
Freedmen -- Illinois -- Biography.
African Americans -- Illinois -- Biography.
Illinois -- Race relations -- History -- 19th century.
Illinois -- Politics and government -- To 1865.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Carveth, Bruce G., 1951-
ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9780809330423 (cloth : alk. paper)
0809330423 (cloth : alk. paper)
0809389444 (electronic bk.)
9780809389940 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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