The History of Negro Servitude in Illinois and of the Slavery Agitatioin in That State, 1719-1864

by Norman Dwight Harris

Originally a University of Chicago doctoral dissertation, the first work of its kind, and the most thorough history of slavery in any state, of particular interest for its coverage of the work of Elijah P. Lovejoy, the Alton Riots, the evolution of the Free Soil Party, the Lincoln-Douglas debates, and subsequent post-Civil war developments.

276 pages, Hardcover

First published May 3, 1969