Author: Marlin D. CarrPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 26
Book Description
Hadley Cemetery, Homer Township, Will County
Author: Marlin D. CarrHadley Cemetery
Author: Janice HelgeHadley Cemetery, Homer Twp., Will County
Author: Marlin CarrPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cemeteries
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
The Kohlhagen Family Genealogy
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 508
Book Description
"In 1865 Johann Friedrich Ernst Kohlhagen, known as 'Fritz', left Mecklenburg Schwerin, Germany for America, along with his wife, Dorothea Christina Elisabeth (nee Koppelmann) and their four sons.... They settled in the agricultural area of Will County, Illinois"-- Pref.
Brooks Cemetery, Homer Twp., Will County, Ill
Author: Marilyn D. BrillPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Homer (Ill.)
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
Chicago Six County StreetFinder
Author: Rand McNallyPublisher:
ISBN: 9780528992209
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 480
Book Description
America's #1 selling road atlas is a travel resource both on the road and at home. Maps and features have clearly marked with detailed information on thousands of points of interest, attractions, road construction updates, mileage, and much more.
Membership Directory
Author: Federation of Genealogical Societies (U.S.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Genealogy
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
Onward to Chicago
Author: Larry A. McClellanPublisher: SIU Press
ISBN: 0809339129
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 303
Book Description
WINNER, 2023 Underground Railroad Free Press Hortense Simmons Memorial Prize for the Advancement of Knowledge! Uncovering stories of the freedom network in northeastern Illinois Decades before the Civil War, Illinois’s status as a free state beckoned enslaved people, particularly those in Kentucky and Missouri, to cross porous river borders and travel toward new lives. While traditional histories of the Underground Railroad in Illinois start in 1839, and focus largely on the romanticized tales of white men, Larry A. McClellan reframes the story, not only introducing readers to earlier freedom seekers, but also illustrating that those who bravely aided them were Black and white, men and women. McClellan features dozens of individuals who made dangerous journeys to reach freedom as well as residents in Chicago and across northeastern Illinois who made a deliberate choice to break the law to help. Onward to Chicago charts the evolution of the northeastern Illinois freedom network and shows how, despite its small Black community, Chicago emerged as a point of refuge. The 1848 completion of the I & M Canal and later the Chicago to Detroit train system created more opportunities for Black men, women, and children to escape slavery. From eluding authorities to confronting kidnapping bands working out of St. Louis and southern Illinois, these stories of valor are inherently personal. Through deep research into local sources, McClellan presents the engrossing, entwined journeys of freedom seekers and the activists in Chicagoland who supported them. McClellan includes specific freedom seeker journey stories and introduces Black and white activists who provided aid in a range of communities along particular routes. This narrative highlights how significant biracial collaboration led to friendships as Black and white abolitionists worked together to provide support for freedom seekers traveling through the area and ultimately to combat slavery in the United States.
Prominent Families of New York
Author: Lyman Horace WeeksPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : New York (N.Y.)
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
Chicagoland Six County Atlas
Author: American Map CorporationPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Chicago (Ill.)
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description