Abolitionists
A Community in Conflict
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1844
Despite predominant pro-slavery views during the 1830s through the 1850s, there were those who risked prosecution under the Fugitive Slave Act to help enslaved men, women, and children escape to freedom in the north.
Digital Exhibit
1846
Intimidation, bullying, threats, and manipulation have all been used by people in McLean County in order to gain and maintain power. In the process individual rights and freedoms were often denied to those on the receiving end.
Digital Exhibit
1862
By the time the Civil War began, views on slavery in McLean County had become predominantly anti-slavery. But there were still those who supported slavery.
Digital Exhibit
Blog
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McHistory: When Local Abolitionists Risked Their Lives
Listen to the audio on WGLT's website hereMcHistory goes back in time to explore big momen...
Blog Post
Finding Aids
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Underground Railroad
In the decades before the Civil War an untold number of fugitive slaves journeyed northward to ...
Finding Aid
Research
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Post Amerikan
Held by the MCMH and digitized by Eastern Illinois University. The Post Amerikan began publicat...
Article