Nancy M. Beasley

The Underground Railroad in DeKalb County, Illinois

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland
• Seitenzahl: 242
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. März 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 463g
• ISBN-13: 9780786472000
• ISBN-10: 0786472006
• Artikelnr.: 37183724

Autorenporträt

Nancy M. Beasley is a civic and social organizer who has served on numerous boards including the Illinois State Police Merit Board. A graduate of Northern Illinois University in music and vocal performance, she lives in Portage, Wisconsin.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents Acknowledgments delete
vi Preface delete
1 Introduction delete
3 Chronology of Events delete
6 1.
An Abolitionist's Milestone delete
11 2.
Remember the Underground Railroad delete
17 3.
Illinois: A Burned-Over Reunion delete
25 4.
The Abolitionists! Thank God! delete
36 5.
First, the Church delete
54 6.
No Apologists for Slavery: The Congregationalists delete
59 7.
Resolute and Unwavering delete
76 8.
All Brethren: The Universalists delete
90 9.
Seceders and Covenanters: The Presbyterians delete
102 10.
Evangelistic Lawbreakers: The Wesleyan Methodists delete
113 11.
The Western Citizen Reads the Western Citizen delete
123 12.
God Will Thank the Republican Party delete
131 13.
Lincoln Knew the True Republican delete
150 14.
Reasons to Be Unreasonable delete
161 15.
Hail and Farewell! delete
171 Antislavery Advocates: A Biographical Dictionary delete
175 Notes delete
207 Bibliography delete
215 Index delete
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