ISBN:
9780821444948
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0821444948
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (239 pages)
Series Statement:
Series on Law, Society, and Politics in the Midwest
Parallel Title:
Print version The Life and Death of Gus Reed : A Story of Race and Justice in Illinois during the Civil War and Reconstruction
DDC:
305.896073077309034
Keywords:
Reed, Augustus 1846?-1878
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Reed, Augustus
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Reed, Augustus
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African Americans Biography
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Illinois
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Springfield
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Freedmen Biography
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Illinois
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Springfield
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African American prisoners Crimes against
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History
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19th century
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Illinois
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African Americans Legal status, laws, etc
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19th century
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Illinois
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Discrimination in criminal justice administration History
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19th century
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Illinois
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Racism History
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19th century
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Illinois
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Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) Illinois
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Freedmen Biography
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African American prisoners Crimes against 19th century
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History
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African Americans Legal status, laws, etc 19th century
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Discrimination in criminal justice administration History 19th century
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Racism History 19th century
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Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
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African Americans Biography
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African American prisoners Crimes against
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History
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19th century
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Illinois
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African Americans Springfield
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Biography
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Illinois
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African Americans Legal status, laws, etc
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19th century
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Illinois
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Discrimination in criminal justice administration History
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19th century
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Illinois
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Freedmen Springfield
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Biography
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Illinois
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HISTORY General
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HISTORY Civil War Period (1850-1877)
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United States
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HISTORY General
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United States
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Illinois History
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Civil War, 1861-1865
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Racism History
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19th century
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Illinois
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Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) Illinois
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Reed, Augustus, 1846?-1878
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Springfield (Ill.) Race relations
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History
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19th century
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African Americans
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African Americans ; Legal status, laws, etc
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Discrimination in criminal justice administration
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Freedmen
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Racism
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Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Discrimination & Race Relations
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Minority Studies
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Biographies
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History
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Illinois ; Springfield
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United States
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Illinois
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
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Biografie
Abstract:
Gus Reed was a freed slave who traveled north as Sherman's March was sweeping through Georgia in 1864. His journey ended in Springfield, Illinois, a city undergoing fundamental changes as its white citizens struggled to understand the political, legal, and cultural consequences of emancipation and black citizenship. Reed became known as a petty thief, appearing time and again in the records of the state's courts and prisons. In late 1877, he burglarized the home of a well-known Springfield attorney-and brother of Abraham Lincoln's former law partner-a crime for which he was convicted and sent
Description / Table of Contents:
Introduction; Georgia Roots; Illinois in Wartime; Black Springfield; A White Man's Country; The Underworld; The Penitentiary; Springfield, 1908; Appendix; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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