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

By: Leichtle, Kurt E, 1949-.
Contributor(s): Carveth, Bruce G, 1951- | ebrary, Inc.
Publisher: Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, c2011Description: xi, 268 p. : ill., ports.Subject(s): 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 1865Genre/Form: Electronic books. DDC classification: 977.3/03092 | B Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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.
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977.3/03092 B (Browse shelf) Available

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"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.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.