Research Catalog

Title

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

Author

Leichtle, Kurt E., 1949-

Publication

Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, c2011.

Details

Additional Authors

Carveth, Bruce G., 1951-

Description

1 online resource (xi, 268 p.) : ill.

Uniform Title

Crusade against slavery (Online)

Alternative Title

Crusade against slavery (Online)

Subject

• Coles, Edward, 1786-1868
• Governors > Illinois > Biography
• Slavery > History
• Enslaved persons > Emancipation > History. > Illinois
• Freedmen > Illinois > Biography
• African Americans > Biography
• Illinois > Race relations > History > 19th century
• Illinois > Politics and government > To 1865

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Access (note)

• Access restricted to authorized users.

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.

LCCN

2010039079

OCLC

ssj0000535580

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.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Access

Access restricted to authorized users.

Connect to:

Available from home with a valid library card

Available onsite at NYPL

Added Author

Carveth, Bruce G., 1951-