Escape betwixt two suns : a true tale of the underground railroad in Illinois /

Escape betwixt two suns : a true tale of the underground railroad in Illinois /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Pirtle, Carol, 1938-
Imprint:	Carbondale, Ill. : Southern Illinois University Press, ©2000.
Description:	1 online resource (xxiii, 141 pages) : illustrations, maps
Language:	English
Series:	Shawnee books Shawnee books.
Subject:	Hayes, William, -- -1849. Hayes, William, -- -1849 -- Trials, litigation, etc. Hayes, William, -- -1849. Underground Railroad -- Illinois -- Randolph County. Underground Railroad -- Illinois -- Knox County. Fugitive slaves -- Illinois -- History -- 19th century. Abolitionists -- Illinois -- Biography. Fugitive slaves -- Illinois -- Biography. Trials -- Illinois -- Knox County -- History -- 19th century. Abolitionists. Fugitive slaves. Trials. Underground Railroad. Randolph County (Ill.) -- History -- 19th century. Knox County (Ill.) -- History -- 19th century. Illinois. Illinois -- Knox County. Illinois -- Randolph County. Electronic books. Biographies. History. Trials, litigation, etc.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11113588

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ISBN:	0585369127 9780585369129 0809323001 9780809323005 080932301X 9780809323012
Digital file characteristics:	text file PDF
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 131-136) and index. Restrictions unspecified Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve Print version record.
Other form:	Print version: Pirtle, Carol, 1938- Escape betwixt two suns. Carbondale, Ill. : Southern Illinois University Press, ©2000 080932301X

Table of Contents:

Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Sukey
2. The Major
3. A Divided County
4. A Great Undertaking
5. The 'Jurney "
6. Next Neighbours
7. The Covenanters
8. The Escape
10. Searching the Records
11. Preparing for Trial
12. Legal Wrangling
13. The Trial Begins
14. The Plaintiff's Case
15. The Defendant's Case
16. The Verdict
17. The Supreme Court Decision
18. The Tale Ends
19. A Legacy of Shame
Afterword
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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