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1 online resource (239 pages). |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Series on Law, Society, and Politics in the Midwest
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Ohio University Press series on law, society, and politics in the Midwest.
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Contents |
Introduction; Georgia Roots; Illinois in Wartime; Black Springfield; A White Man's Country; The Underworld; The Penitentiary; Springfield, 1908; Appendix; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index. |
Summary |
Gus Reed was a freed slave who traveled north as Sherman's March was sweeping through Georgia in 1864. His journey ended in Springfield, Illinois, a city undergoing fundamental changes as its white citizens struggled to understand the political, legal, and cultural consequences of emancipation and black citizenship. Reed became known as a petty thief, appearing time and again in the records of the state's courts and prisons. In late 1877, he burglarized the home of a well-known Springfield attorney-and brother of Abraham Lincoln's former law partner-a crime for which he was convicted and sent. |
Local Note |
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Reed, Augustus, 1846?-1878.
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Reed, Augustus, 1846?-1878. |
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African Americans -- Illinois -- Springfield -- Biography.
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African Americans. |
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Illinois -- Springfield. |
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Biographies.
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Freed persons -- Illinois -- Springfield -- Biography.
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Freed persons. |
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African American prisoners -- Crimes against -- Illinois -- History -- 19th century.
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African American prisoners. |
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Illinois. |
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History. |
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19th century |
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African Americans -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Illinois -- 19th century.
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African Americans -- Legal status, laws, etc. |
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Discrimination in criminal justice administration -- Illinois -- History -- 19th century.
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Discrimination in criminal justice administration. |
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Racism -- Illinois -- History -- 19th century.
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Racism. |
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Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) -- Illinois.
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Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) |
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Electronic books.
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Racism. |
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Biographies.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Bahde, Thomas. Life and Death of Gus Reed : A Story of Race and Justice in Illinois during the Civil War and Reconstruction. Athens, OH : Ohio University Press, ©2014 |
ISBN |
9780821444948 (electronic book) |
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0821444948 (electronic book) |
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