Slavery

As we continue our Pekin Bicentennial series, this week and the next we will...

The final resting place of Nance Legins-Costley’s eldest child now has a monument, thanks...

This week “From the History Room” will commence a systematic genealogical account of the...

This is a reprint (with corrections and updates) of a “From the Local History...

This is a reprint of a “From the Local History Room” column that first...

Not even two whole generations had elapsed since Illinois’ admission as the 18th state...

Previously in our ongoing Illinois Bicentennial series, we saw how the controversy over slavery...

It was less than a decade from the creation of the Illinois Territory in...

In the course of our survey of the events of history that led to...

Here’s a chance to read again one of our old Local History Room columns,...