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Title Crusade against slavery [electronic resource] : Edward Coles, pioneer of freedom / Kurt E. Leichtle and Bruce G. Carveth.
Published Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, c2011.

Description xi, 268 p. : ill., ports.
Note 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.
Electronic books.
Local Subj. ProQuest Ebook Central Academic Complete (VIVA subscription)
Alt Author Carveth, Bruce G., 1951-
ProQuest (Firm)
Standard # 9780809330423 (cloth : alk. paper)
0809330423 (cloth : alk. paper)
0809389444 (ebook)
9780809389940 (e-book)

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