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Published by the Northern Illinois University Press DeKalb, Illinois 60115

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Portions of chapters 3 and 4 previously appeared as “Anti-Abolition Violence and Freedom of Speech in Peoria, Illinois, 1835–1848,” Journal of Illinois History, 11 (2008): 179–204.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication-Data

Weiner, Dana Elizabeth.

Race and rights : fighting slavery and prejudice in the Old Northwest, 1830–1870 / Dana Elizabeth Weiner.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-0-87580-457-6 (cloth : alk. paper)

ISBN 978-1-60909-072-2 (electronic)

1. Antislavery movements—Northwest, Old—History—19th century. 2. African Americans—Legal status, laws, etc.—Northwest, Old—History—19th century. 3. African Americans—Northwest, Old—Social conditions—19th century. 4. Race discrimination—Law and legislation—Northwest, Old—History—19th century. 5. Northwest, Old—Race relations—History—19th century. 6. Northwest, Old—History—1775–1865. I. Title.

F484.3.W45 2013

305.80097709’034—dc23

2012037642