The Underground Railroad in DeKalb County, Illinois

The Underground Railroad in DeKalb County, Illinois
Author: Nancy M. Beasley
Publisher: McFarland
Total Pages: 241
Release: 2013-02-23
Genre: History
ISBN: 1476600805

This book is about previously unidentified people who became Abolitionists involved in the antislavery movement from about 1840 to 1860. Although arrests were made in nearby counties, not one person was prosecuted for aiding a fugitive slave in DeKalb County, Illinois. First, the area Congregationalist, Universalist, Presbyterian and Wesleyan Methodist churches all had compelling antislavery beliefs. Church members, county elected officials, and the Underground Railroad conductors and stationmasters were all one and the same. Additionally, DeKalb County had the highest concentration of subscriptions to the Chicago-based Western Citizen antislavery newspaper. It was an accepted local activity to help escaped slaves. A biographical dictionary includes evidence and personal information for more than 600 men and women, and their families, who defied the prevailing Fugitive Slave Law, and helped the anti-slavery movement in this one Northern Illinois County. Unique photographs and illustrations are included along with notes, bibliography and index.

Five-Mile Spur Line

Five-Mile Spur Line
Author: Clint Cargile
Publisher:
Total Pages: 224
Release: 2013-11-25
Genre: De Kalb County (Ill.)
ISBN: 9780989716703

History of the Chicago North Western Depot in Sycamore, Illinois which was restored back to its original beauty.

History of Dekalb County, Illinois

History of Dekalb County, Illinois
Author: Henry L 1830-1887 Boies
Publisher: Arkose Press
Total Pages: 564
Release: 2015-10-07
Genre:
ISBN: 9781344141178

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