| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 268 pages) : illustrations, portraits |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
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. |
| Summary |
Edward Coles was a wealthy heir to a central Virginia plantation, an ardent emancipator, the second governor of Illinois, the loyal personal secretary to President James Madison, and a close antislavery associate of Thomas Jefferson. Yet never before has a full-length book detailed his remarkable life story and his role in the struggle to free all slaves. In Crusade Against Slavery, Kurt E. Leichtle and Bruce G. Carveth correct this oversight with the first modern and complete biography of a unique but little-known and quietly influential figure in American history. R. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Coles, Edward, 1786-1868.
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Coles, Edward, 1786-1868. |
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Coles, Edward, 1786-1868. |
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Governors -- Illinois -- Biography.
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Governors. |
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Illinois. |
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Biographies.
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Slavery -- Illinois -- History.
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Slavery. |
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History. |
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Enslaved persons -- Emancipation -- Illinois -- History.
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Enslaved persons -- Emancipation. |
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Enslaved persons -- Emancipation -- British colonies. |
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Enslaved persons -- Emancipation -- French colonies. |
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Freed persons -- Illinois -- Biography.
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Freed persons. |
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African Americans -- Illinois -- Biography.
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African Americans. |
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Illinois -- Race relations -- History -- 19th century.
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Race relations. |
| Chronological Term |
19th century |
| Subject |
Illinois -- Politics and government -- To 1865.
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Politics and government. |
| Chronological Term |
To 1865 |
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To 1899 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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Biographies.
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| Added Author |
Carveth, Bruce G., 1951-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Leichtle, Kurt E., 1949- Crusade against slavery. Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, ©2011 (DLC) 2010039079 |
| ISBN |
0809389444 (electronic book) |
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9780809389445 (electronic book) |
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9780809389940 (electronic book) |
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0809389940 (electronic book) |
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9780809330423 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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0809330423 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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