African American Slavery Indenture &Resistance in Illinois
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Just Released - New Book
African American Historic Sites in Illinois
Reviews--Coming Soon
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About the Book
This new book explores the little known history of African Americans in Illinois from 1720 to the end of slavery and indenture in Illinois in 1864. Beginning with Native Americans before European contact, continuing through the enslavement of the Illinois Indians and African Americans initially by French colonists, the book traces the oft ignored history of slavery, indenture, the Black Codes, and resistance to slavery in Illinois. African American resistance to slavery included escape on the Underground Railroad, rebellion, and the creation of maroon settlements which dotted the landscape of Illinois. Bishop William Quinn and the African Methodist Episcopal Church, and other churches, played a little known, yet daring and heroic role in the Underground Railroad and in the creation of free black settlements. Despite the odds, and the almost impossible legal circumstances, free and quasi-free African Americans created dozens of free black towns across the state. The kidnapping of free blacks, and the salt licks which were operated by slave labor and provided income to federal and state treasuries is also explored. 470 pages long includes maps and photographs by renowned photographer Onikwa Bill Wallace. - more...
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