| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 268 pages) : illustrations, portraits |
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Studies in Writing and Rhetoric |
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Studies in writing & rhetoric.
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| 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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Coles, Edward, 1786-1868.
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| SUBJECT |
Coles, Edward, 1786-1868 fast |
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Governors -- Illinois -- Biography
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Slavery -- Illinois -- History
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Enslaved persons -- Emancipation -- Illinois -- History
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Freed persons -- Illinois -- Biography
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African Americans -- Illinois -- Biography
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical.
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General.
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)
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African Americans
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Freed persons
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Governors
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Politics and government
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Race relations
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Slavery
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Enslaved persons -- Emancipation
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Illinois -- Race relations -- History -- 19th century
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Illinois -- Politics and government -- To 1865.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85064308
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| Subject |
Illinois
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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History
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Carveth, Bruce G., 1951-
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| ISBN |
0809389444 |
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9780809389445 |
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9780809389940 |
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0809389940 |
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1336153636 |
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9781336153639 |
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080938986X |
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9780809389865 |
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1280697482 |
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9781280697487 |
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9786613674449 |
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6613674443 |
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0809330423 |
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9780809330423 |
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