The Underground Railroad In Dekalb County Illinois

Author : Nancy M. Beasley
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2013-02-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9781476600802

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The Underground Railroad in DeKalb County, Illinois by Nancy M. Beasley Pdf

This book is about previously unidentified people who became Abolitionists involved in the antislavery movement from about 1840 to 1860. Although arrests were made in nearby counties, not one person was prosecuted for aiding a fugitive slave in DeKalb County, Illinois. First, the area Congregationalist, Universalist, Presbyterian and Wesleyan Methodist churches all had compelling antislavery beliefs. Church members, county elected officials, and the Underground Railroad conductors and stationmasters were all one and the same. Additionally, DeKalb County had the highest concentration of subscriptions to the Chicago-based Western Citizen antislavery newspaper. It was an accepted local activity to help escaped slaves. A biographical dictionary includes evidence and personal information for more than 600 men and women, and their families, who defied the prevailing Fugitive Slave Law, and helped the anti-slavery movement in this one Northern Illinois County. Unique photographs and illustrations are included along with notes, bibliography and index.

Author : Lewis M. Gross
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 698 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1907
Category : De Kalb County (Ill.)
ISBN : NYPL:33433081822193

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Past and Present of DeKalb County, Illinois by Lewis M. Gross Pdf

Author : Glennette Tilley Turner
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Du Page County (Ill.)
ISBN : 0938990020

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The Underground Railroad in DuPage County, Illinois by Glennette Tilley Turner Pdf

Author : Larry A. McClellan
Publisher : SIU Press
Page : 303 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2023-09-08
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780809339129

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Onward to Chicago by Larry A. McClellan Pdf

WINNER, 2023 Underground Railroad Free Press Hortense Simmons Memorial Prize for the Advancement of Knowledge! Uncovering stories of the freedom network in northeastern Illinois Decades before the Civil War, Illinois’s status as a free state beckoned enslaved people, particularly those in Kentucky and Missouri, to cross porous river borders and travel toward new lives. While traditional histories of the Underground Railroad in Illinois start in 1839, and focus largely on the romanticized tales of white men, Larry A. McClellan reframes the story, not only introducing readers to earlier freedom seekers, but also illustrating that those who bravely aided them were Black and white, men and women. McClellan features dozens of individuals who made dangerous journeys to reach freedom as well as residents in Chicago and across northeastern Illinois who made a deliberate choice to break the law to help. Onward to Chicago charts the evolution of the northeastern Illinois freedom network and shows how, despite its small Black community, Chicago emerged as a point of refuge. The 1848 completion of the I & M Canal and later the Chicago to Detroit train system created more opportunities for Black men, women, and children to escape slavery. From eluding authorities to confronting kidnapping bands working out of St. Louis and southern Illinois, these stories of valor are inherently personal. Through deep research into local sources, McClellan presents the engrossing, entwined journeys of freedom seekers and the activists in Chicagoland who supported them. McClellan includes specific freedom seeker journey stories and introduces Black and white activists who provided aid in a range of communities along particular routes. This narrative highlights how significant biracial collaboration led to friendships as Black and white abolitionists worked together to provide support for freedom seekers traveling through the area and ultimately to combat slavery in the United States.

Author : De Kalb County Historical Society (Ill.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : De Kalb County (Ill.)
ISBN : UIUC:30112025330397

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Atlases of DeKalb County, Illinois ... by De Kalb County Historical Society (Ill.) Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 76 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : African Americans
ISBN : UIUC:30112120216863

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Illinois African-American Resource Guide by Anonim Pdf

Includes: chronology of African-Americans in Illinois; directories of Illinois African-American resources, sites, resource individuals, and U.S. research centers; listings of African-American public office holders; articles on African-American history in Illinois; bibliographies.

Author : Mary Ellen Snodgrass
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Abolitionists
ISBN : UCSC:32106019875498

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The Underground Railroad by Mary Ellen Snodgrass Pdf

Offers more than fifteen hundred alphabetically arranged entries covering the key people, routes, events, documents, organizations, and publications related to slave liberation, along with genealogical histories of participating families, passenger data, and detailed passenger maps.

Author : Illinois State Historical Society
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1917
Category : Illinois
ISBN : UVA:X030226982

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Papers in Illinois History and Transactions by Illinois State Historical Society Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 656 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Canada
ISBN : STANFORD:36105133520721

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America, History and Life by Anonim Pdf

Article abstracts and citations of reviews and dissertations covering the United States and Canada.

Author : Illinois State Historical Library
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1917
Category : Illinois
ISBN : STANFORD:36105005672741

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Publications of the Illinois State Historical Library by Illinois State Historical Library Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1917
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Tranasactions of the Illinois State Historical Society by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1917
Category : Illinois
ISBN : IND:30000048824837

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Transactions of the Illinois State Historical Society for the Year ... by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1917
Category : Illinois
ISBN : UIUC:30112040181221

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Papers in Illinois History and Transactions for the Year ... by Anonim Pdf

Author : Illinois State Historical Society
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1917
Category : Illinois
ISBN : UCAL:$B725885

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Publications by Illinois State Historical Society Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 682 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Presbyterian Church
ISBN : NWU:35556018357574

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Journal of the Presbyterian Historical Society by Anonim Pdf