Leichtle, Kurt E.,  1949- <br/><br/>
Crusade against slavery  Edward Coles, pioneer of freedom /  [electronic resource] : 
Kurt E. Leichtle and Bruce G. Carveth. 
 - Carbondale :  Southern Illinois University Press,  c2011. 
 - xi, 268 p. :  ill., ports. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>"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. 
<br/><br/><br/>Electronic reproduction. <br/>Palo Alto, Calif. : <br/>ebrary, <br/>2011. <br/>Available via World Wide Web. <br/>Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Coles, Edward, 1786-1868. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Governors--Illinois--Biography.<br/>Slavery--History.--Illinois<br/>Slaves--Emancipation--History.--Illinois<br/>Freedmen--Illinois--Biography.<br/>African Americans--Illinois--Biography.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Illinois--Race relations--History--19th century.<br/>Illinois--Politics and government--To 1865.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>F545.C695  / L44 2011eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>977.3/03092  B