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The Resource Creating the Land of Lincoln : the history and Constitutions of Illinois, 1778-1870, Frank Cicero Jr

Creating the Land of Lincoln : the history and Constitutions of Illinois, 1778-1870, Frank Cicero Jr

Label
Creating the Land of Lincoln : the history and Constitutions of Illinois, 1778-1870
Title
Creating the Land of Lincoln
Title remainder
the history and Constitutions of Illinois, 1778-1870
Statement of responsibility
Frank Cicero Jr
Creator
Author
Subject
Language
eng
Summary
Tells the development of Illinois through the history of its 19th century constitutions, considering attitudes toward slavery, boundary changes, and revisions that may have led to the rise of the Republican Party that elected Abraham Lincoln as president
Cataloging source
DLC
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Cicero, Frank
Dewey number
342.77302/9
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • maps
  • portraits
  • facsimiles
Index
index present
LC call number
KFI1601.5
LC item number
.C53 2018
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Lincoln, Abraham
  • Constitutional history
  • Illinois
  • Illinois
Target audience
adult
Label
Creating the Land of Lincoln : the history and Constitutions of Illinois, 1778-1870, Frank Cicero Jr
Instantiates
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Illinois before Statehood: Slave Country of the Northwest Territory -- The Constitution of 1818: Slavery, a Bogus Census, Feeble Executive Power -- Black Codes and Bondage, Settling the North, Legislative Follies -- The Constitution of 1848: Reconstructing Government, Balancing Powers, Oppressing Free Blacks -- Two Transformative Decades: 1848-1868 -- Civil War, a Partisan Convention, the Decisive Later 1860s -- The Constitution of 1870: Progressive Foundation for a Century
Dimensions
24 cm
Extent
xv, 270 pages
Isbn
9780252041679
Lccn
2017057069
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other control number
99975658612
Other physical details
illustrations, maps, portraits, facsimile
System control number
  • (OCoLC)1005114567
  • (OCoLC)on1005114567
  • 1156081
Label
Creating the Land of Lincoln : the history and Constitutions of Illinois, 1778-1870, Frank Cicero Jr
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Illinois before Statehood: Slave Country of the Northwest Territory -- The Constitution of 1818: Slavery, a Bogus Census, Feeble Executive Power -- Black Codes and Bondage, Settling the North, Legislative Follies -- The Constitution of 1848: Reconstructing Government, Balancing Powers, Oppressing Free Blacks -- Two Transformative Decades: 1848-1868 -- Civil War, a Partisan Convention, the Decisive Later 1860s -- The Constitution of 1870: Progressive Foundation for a Century
Dimensions
24 cm
Extent
xv, 270 pages
Isbn
9780252041679
Lccn
2017057069
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other control number
99975658612
Other physical details
illustrations, maps, portraits, facsimile
System control number
  • (OCoLC)1005114567
  • (OCoLC)on1005114567
  • 1156081

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