Crusade against slavery : Edward Coles, pioneer of freedom /
Leichtle, Kurt E., 1949-
Crusade against slavery : Edward Coles, pioneer of freedom / Kurt E. Leichtle and Bruce G. Carveth. - Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, ©2011. - 1 online resource (xi, 268 pages) : illustrations, portraits - - Studies in Writing and Rhetoric . - Studies in writing & rhetoric. .
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.
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.
English.
0809389444 (electronic bk.) 9780809389445 (electronic bk.) 9780809389940 (electronic bk.) 0809389940 (electronic bk.) (cloth ; alk. paper) (cloth ; alk. paper) 1336153636 9781336153639 080938986X 9780809389865 1280697482 9781280697487 9786613674449 6613674443 0809330423 9780809330423
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Coles, Edward, 1786-1868.
Coles, Edward, 1786-1868.
To 1899
Governors--Illinois--Biography.
Slavery--History.--Illinois
Slaves--Emancipation--History.--Illinois
Freed persons--Illinois--Biography.
African Americans--Illinois--Biography.
Gouverneurs--Illinois--Biographies.
Esclaves--Affranchissement--Histoire.--Illinois
Affranchis--Illinois--Biographies.
Noirs américains--Illinois--Biographies.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY--Historical.
HISTORY--State & Local--General.--United States
HISTORY--State & Local--Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)--United States
African Americans.
Freed persons.
Governors.
Politics and government
Race relations.
Slavery.
Slaves--Emancipation.
Illinois--Race relations--History--19th century.
Illinois--Politics and government--To 1865.
Illinois--Relations raciales--Histoire--19e siècle.
Illinois.
Electronic book.
Biography
Electronic books.
Biographies.
History.
Electronic books.
Biographies.
Biographies.
F545.C695 / L44 2011eb
977.3/03092 B
Crusade against slavery : Edward Coles, pioneer of freedom / Kurt E. Leichtle and Bruce G. Carveth. - Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, ©2011. - 1 online resource (xi, 268 pages) : illustrations, portraits - - Studies in Writing and Rhetoric . - Studies in writing & rhetoric. .
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.
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.
English.
0809389444 (electronic bk.) 9780809389445 (electronic bk.) 9780809389940 (electronic bk.) 0809389940 (electronic bk.) (cloth ; alk. paper) (cloth ; alk. paper) 1336153636 9781336153639 080938986X 9780809389865 1280697482 9781280697487 9786613674449 6613674443 0809330423 9780809330423
9780809330423
00024754
2010039079
015821818 Uk
Coles, Edward, 1786-1868.
Coles, Edward, 1786-1868.
To 1899
Governors--Illinois--Biography.
Slavery--History.--Illinois
Slaves--Emancipation--History.--Illinois
Freed persons--Illinois--Biography.
African Americans--Illinois--Biography.
Gouverneurs--Illinois--Biographies.
Esclaves--Affranchissement--Histoire.--Illinois
Affranchis--Illinois--Biographies.
Noirs américains--Illinois--Biographies.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY--Historical.
HISTORY--State & Local--General.--United States
HISTORY--State & Local--Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)--United States
African Americans.
Freed persons.
Governors.
Politics and government
Race relations.
Slavery.
Slaves--Emancipation.
Illinois--Race relations--History--19th century.
Illinois--Politics and government--To 1865.
Illinois--Relations raciales--Histoire--19e siècle.
Illinois.
Electronic book.
Biography
Electronic books.
Biographies.
History.
Electronic books.
Biographies.
Biographies.
F545.C695 / L44 2011eb
977.3/03092 B