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In the 1820s, Illinois saw an early battle between slavery and abolitionism. This text explores the political and social movement to bring slavery to Illinois - a campaign that unleashed riots across the state. It reveals the paradoxes in a quest for democracy that also fostered slavery.

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"An admirable contribution to our evolving understanding of American political development."—The Journal of American History
"A major contribution to the thorny subject of democracy and slavery in frontier Illinois."—Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society
"Provides bracing and sophisticated understandings of complex, unstably dynamic, and often paradoxical politics and politicized issues in early Illinois."—American Historical Review

Democracy and Slavery in Frontier Illinois

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      Publisher: Cornell University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 11/08/2000
      ISBN13: 9780875802633, 978-0875802633
      ISBN10: 087580263X

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      In the 1820s, Illinois saw an early battle between slavery and abolitionism. This text explores the political and social movement to bring slavery to Illinois - a campaign that unleashed riots across the state. It reveals the paradoxes in a quest for democracy that also fostered slavery.

      Trade Review

      "An admirable contribution to our evolving understanding of American political development."—The Journal of American History
      "A major contribution to the thorny subject of democracy and slavery in frontier Illinois."—Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society
      "Provides bracing and sophisticated understandings of complex, unstably dynamic, and often paradoxical politics and politicized issues in early Illinois."—American Historical Review

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