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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 li...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Leichtle, Kurt E., 1949-
Otros Autores: Carveth, Bruce G., 1951-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, 2011.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Coles, Edward, > 1786-1868.
Slaves > Emancipation.
Slavery.
Race relations.
Politics and government
Governors.
Freed persons.
African Americans.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
Noirs americains > Illinois > Biographies.
Affranchis > Illinois > Biographies.
Esclaves > Affranchissement > Illinois > Histoire.
Gouverneurs > Illinois > Biographies.
African Americans > Illinois > Biography.
Freed persons > Illinois > Biography.
Slaves > Emancipation > Illinois > History.
Slavery > Illinois > History.
Governors > Illinois > Biography.
Illinois.
Illinois > Relations raciales > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Illinois > Politics and government > To 1865.
Illinois > Race relations > History > 19th century.
Biographies.
History.
Biography
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario: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.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (191 pages): illustrations, portraits
ISBN:9780809389865

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