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Leichtle, Kurt E., 1949-

Crusade against slavery Edward Coles, pioneer of freedom / [electronic resource] : Kurt E. Leichtle and Bruce G. Carveth. - Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, c2011. - 1 online resource (xi, 268 p. :) ill. ; - UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .

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.

ISBN: 9780809389445 0809389444

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Subjects--Personal Names:
Coles, Edward, 1786-1868.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
African Americans--Biography.
Freedmen--Illinois--Biography.
Slaves--Emancipation--History.--Illinois
Slavery--History.
Governors--Illinois--Governors--Illinois--Biography.--Biography.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Illinois--Politics and government--To 1865.
Illinois--Race relations--History--19th century.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: F545.C695 / L44 2011

Dewey Class. No.: 977.3/03092 B