Creating the Land of Lincoln : The History and Constitutions of Illinois, 1778-1870 /

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"Creating the Land of Lincoln: The Forgotten History of Illinois tells the development of Illinois through the history of its 19th century constitutions. Illinois in the early 19th century was essentially a southern state sympathetic to slavery. Boundary changes written into the 1818 constituti...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Cicero, Frank, Jr (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 2018.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Constitutions.
Constitutional law.
Constitutional history.
LAW > Public.
LAW > Constitutional.
Histoire constitutionnelle > Illinois.
Droit constitutionnel > Illinois.
Constitutions > Illinois.
Constitutional history > Illinois.
Constitutional law > Illinois.
Illinois.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Illinois before Statehood: Slave Country of the Northwest Territory
  • The Constitution of 1818: Slavery, a Bogus Census, Feeble Executive Power
  • Black Codes and Bondage, Settling the North, Legislative Follies
  • The Constitution of 1848: Reconstructing Government, Balancing Powers, Oppressing Free Blacks
  • 1848-1868: Two Transformative Decades
  • Civil War, a Partisan Convention, the Decisive Later 1860s.
  • The Constitution of 1870: Progressive Foundation for a Century.

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