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Free State of Illinois: Gov. Coles calls for emancipation

By Jared Olar Library assistant Previously in our ongoing Illinois Bicentennial series, we saw...

Illinois county names of the latter 1830s

By Jared Olar Library assistant On Friday, April 6, at 11 a.m., the Pekin...

Illinois’ race to statehood: 1813-1818

By Jared Olar Library assistant It was less than a decade from the creation...

Slavery cast its shadow upon creation of the Illinois Territory

By Jared Olar Library assistant In the course of our survey of the events...

Illinois in the Old Northwest

By Jared Olar Library assistant As we saw in this column last time, the...

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