Illinois Archives • Century Past

Anti-Slavery before the Civil War; Illinois and Indiana

Books / abolition, anti-slavery, Illinois, Indiana, slavery, underground railroad

The list below includes books and articles on the site’s Illinois and Indiana pages. This site has similar resources for Ohio, Wisconsin and Michigan, so please check the same subject pages for those states, which you can reach from History of the Great Lakes States. Some of the histories found on the each state General […]

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Magazines for Farmers 1850 – 1900s

Periodicals / 1850s, agriculture, domestic arts, history, Illinois, Indiana, journals, Ohio, Wisconsin

We have links to four magazines or journals for farmers that began to appear in the Great Lakes states about 1850. They offer news, analysis of current events, agricultural science, and advice for men and women living on farms. Several years’ issues are available for each of these titles. Ohio Periodicals page Under “Journals” The

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Selected Books about Pioneer Life in Early Illinois

Books / First-Person Accounts in History of the Great Lakes States, frontier, Illinois, pioneers

Each book entry on site pages has a brief description and a link to the free online book. Illinois Biographies & Memoirs page Bacheller, Irving, A Man for the Ages: A Story of the Builders of Democracy Burlend, Rebecca, A True Picture of Emigration, or, Fourteen Years in the Interior of North America (etc.) Hubbard,

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