Download or read book Early Landowners Near Greenfield Virginia and the Bell Family who Once Lived There written by Ben H. Coke and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Crusade Against Slavery written by Kurt E. Leichtle and published by SIU Press. This book was released on 2011-05-18 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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. Rejecting slavery from a young age, Coles's early wishes to free his family's slaves initially were stymied by legal, practical, and family barriers. Instead he went to Washington, D.C., where his work in the White House was a life-changing blend of social glitter, secretarial drudge, and distasteful political patronage. Returning home, he researched places where he could live out his ideals. After considerable planning and preparation, he left his family's Virginia tobacco plantation in 1819 and started the long trip west to Edwardsville, Illinois, pausing along the Ohio River on an emotional April morning to free his slaves and offer each family 160 acres of Illinois land of their own. Some continued to work for Coles, while others were left to find work for themselves. This book revisits the lives of the slaves Coles freed, including a noted preacher and contributor to the founding of what is now the second-oldest black Baptist organization in America. Crusade Against Slavery details Coles's struggles with frontier life and his surprise run and election to the office of Illinois governor as well as his continuing antislavery activities. At great personal cost, he led the effort to block a constitutional convention that would have legalized slavery in the state, which resulted in an acrimonious civil suit brought on by his political enemies, who claimed he violated the law by not issuing a bond of emancipation for his slaves. Although initially convicted by a partisan jury, Coles was vindicated when the Illinois Supreme Court overturned the decisions of the lower courts. Through the story of Coles's moral and legal battles against slavery, Leichtle and Carveth unearth new perspectives on an institution that was on unsure footing yet strongly ingrained in the business interests at the economic base of the fledgling state. In 1831, after less than a decade in Illinois-and after losing a bid for Congress-Coles left for Philadelphia, where he remained in correspondence with Madison about the issue of slavery. Drawing on previous incomplete treatments of Coles's life, including his own short memoir, Crusade Against Slavery includes the first published analysis of Madison's failure to free his slaves despite his plans to do so through his will and a fascinating exploration of Coles's struggle to understand Madison's inability to live up to the ideals both men shared.

Download or read book Bell a peal written by and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book New Arrivals in American Local History and Genealogy Quarterly List written by Sutro Library and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 946 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Contributions to the Early History of Bryan McDonald and Family Settlers in 1689 on Red Clay Creek Mill Creek Hundred or Township Newcastle County Delaware written by Frank Virgil McDonald and published by . This book was released on 1879 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Filson Club History Quarterly written by and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 598 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes list of members.

Download or read book Allen County Lines written by and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Missouri Historical Review written by Francis Asbury Sampson and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 564 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Tillman Hamilton Family Records written by James David Tillman and published by . This book was released on 1959 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Prominent Families of New York written by Lyman Horace Weeks and published by . This book was released on 1898 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book History of the State of Kansas written by Alfred Theodore Andreas and published by . This book was released on 1883 with total page 838 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Todd Co KY Family Hist written by and published by Turner Publishing Company. This book was released on 1995-06-15 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book History of Huntingdon and Blair counties Pennsylvania written by A.J. Simpson and published by Рипол Классик. This book was released on 1974 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Genealogical Helper written by and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 792 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Pulaski Jefferson Lonoke Faulkner Grant Saline Perry Garland and Hot Spring Counties Arkansas written by and published by . This book was released on 1889 with total page 822 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book History of Hancock County Indiana written by John H. Binford and published by . This book was released on 1882 with total page 588 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Searcher written by and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 756 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: