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The Jefferson-Lemen Compact : the relations of Thomas Jefferson and James Lemen in the exclusion of slavery from Illinois and the Northwest Territory, with related documents, 1781-1818 : a paper read before the Chicago Historical Society, February 16, 1915

by: MacNaul, Willard C. (Willard Carey), b. 1864; Chicago Historical Society

Publication date: 1915

Topics: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865, Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865, Lemen, James, 1760-1823, Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826, Slavery, Slavery, Antislavery movements, Antislavery movements

Publisher: [Chicago] : University of Chicago Press

Collection: lincolncollection; americana

Contributor: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection

Language: English

Includes a letter of Abraham Lincoln to Jas. Lemen, Jr., in which Lincoln praises Lemen senior's anti-slavery work (p. 50-51)

Includes bibliographical references (p. [59])

Sketch of James Lemen -- Lemen's relations with Jefferson in Virginia -- Lemen's anti-slavery mission in Illinois: Slavery in Illinois until 1787 ; Prohibition of slavery by Ordinance of 1787 ; The slavery conflict under Gov. St. Clair, 1787-1800 ; The slavery conflict under Gov. Harrison, 1801-1809 ; Slavery question in the movement for division of Indiana Territory in 1808-1809 ; James Lemen's anti-slavery influence in the Baptist churches until 1809 ; Slavery under Gov. Ninian Edwards, 1809-1818 ; Slavery in the campaign for statehood in 1818 -- Available materials relating to the subject -- Account of the "Lemen family notes."

Bound in flexible paper wrappers

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