Crusade Against Slavery: Edward Coles, Pioneer of Freedom

by Kurt E. Leichtle and Bruce Carveth

Book Overview

Edward Coles was a wealthy heir to a central Virginia plantation, an ardent emancipator, the second governor of Illinois, the loyal personal secretary to President James Madison, and a close antislavery associate of Thomas Jefferson. Yet never before has a full-length book detailed his remarkable life story and his role in the struggle to free all slaves. In Crusade Against Slavery, Kurt E. Leichtle and Bruce G. Carveth correct this oversight...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0809330423
• ISBN13: 9780809330423
• Release Date: May 2011
• Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.3"