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قراءة كتاب The Jefferson-Lemen Compact The Relations of Thomas Jefferson and James Lemen in the Exclusion of Slavery from Illinois and Northern Territory with Related Documents 1781-1818
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The Jefferson-Lemen Compact The Relations of Thomas Jefferson and James Lemen in the Exclusion of Slavery from Illinois and Northern Territory with Related Documents 1781-1818
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The Jefferson-Lemen Compact
The Relations of
Thomas Jefferson and James Lemen
in the Exclusion of Slavery from Illinois
and the Northwest Territory
with Related Documents
1781-1818
A Paper read before the
Chicago Historical Society
February 16, 1915
By
Willard C. MacNaul
The University of Chicago Press
1915
Copyright by
CHICAGO HISTORICAL SOCIETY
1915
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
- Sketch of James Lemen
- Lemen's Relations with Jefferson in Virginia
- Lemen's Anti-Slavery Mission in Illinois—
- Slavery in Illinois until 1787
- Prohibition of Slavery by Ordinance of 1787
- The Slavery Conflict under Gov. St. Clair (1787-1800)
- The Slavery Conflict under Gov. Harrison (1801-1809)
- Slavery Question in the Movement for Division of Indiana Territory in 1808-9
- James Lemen's Anti-Slavery Influence in the Baptist Churches until 1809
- Slavery under Gov. Ninian Edwards (1809-1818)
- Slavery in the Campaign for Statehood in 1818
- Available Materials Relating to the Subject
- Account of the "Lemen Family Notes"
DOCUMENTS
- Diary of James Lemen, Sr.
- History of the Relations of James Lemen and Thos. Jefferson, by J. M. Peck
- How Illinois Got Chicago, by Jos. B. Lemen
- Address to the Friends of Freedom
- Recollections of a Centennarian, by Dr. W. F. Boyakin
- In Memory of Rev. Jas. Lemen, Sr.
- Statement by Editor of Belleville Advocate
- Letter of Rev. J. M. Peck on the Old Lemen Family Notes
PIONEER LETTERS
- Letter of Senator Douglas to Rev. Jas. Lemen, Sr.
- Announcement by J. B. Lemen
- Letter of Gov. Ninian Edwards to Jas. Lemen, Jr.
- Letter of A. W. Snyder to Jas. Lemen, Sr.
- Letter of Abraham Lincoln to Jas. Lemen, Jr.
- The Lemen Monument—Lemen's War Record
- Sketch of Rev. James Lemen, Sr., by J. M. Peck
- Old Lemen Family Notes, Statement by Jos. B. Lemen
NOTE
The materials here presented were collected in connection with the preparation of a history of the first generation of Illinois Baptists. The narrative introduction is printed substantially as delivered at a special meeting of the Chicago Historical Society, and, with the collection of