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The Life and Death of Gus Reed : A Story of Race and Justice in Illinois during the Civil War and Reconstruction
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bahde, Thomas.
- Series:
- Series on Law, Society, and Politics in the Midwest
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African American prisoners--Crimes against--Illinois--History--19th century.
- African Americans--Illinois--Springfield--Biography.
- African Americans--Legal status, laws, etc. -- Illinois--19th century.
- Discrimination in criminal justice administration--Illinois--History--19th century.
- Freedmen--Illinois--Springfield--Biography.
- HISTORY / General.
- HISTORY / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877).
- HISTORY / United States / General.
- Illinois--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
- Racism--Illinois--History--19th century.
- Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)--Illinois.
- Reed, Augustus, 1846?-1878.
- Springfield (Ill.)--Race relations--History--19th century.
- Springfield (Ill.).
- Illinois.
- Reed, Augustus.
- Local Subjects:
- African American prisoners--Crimes against--Illinois--History--19th century.
- African Americans--Illinois--Springfield--Biography.
- African Americans--Legal status, laws, etc. -- Illinois--19th century.
- Discrimination in criminal justice administration--Illinois--History--19th century.
- Freedmen--Illinois--Springfield--Biography.
- HISTORY / General.
- HISTORY / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877).
- HISTORY / United States / General.
- Illinois--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
- Racism--Illinois--History--19th century.
- Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)--Illinois.
- Reed, Augustus, 1846?-1878.
- Springfield (Ill.)--Race relations--History--19th century.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (239 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Athens, OH : Ohio University Press, 2014.
- Summary:
- Gus Reed was a freed slave who traveled north as Sherman's March was sweeping through Georgia in 1864. His journey ended in Springfield, Illinois, a city undergoing fundamental changes as its white citizens struggled to understand the political, legal, and cultural consequences of emancipation and black citizenship. Reed became known as a petty thief, appearing time and again in the records of the state's courts and prisons. In late 1877, he burglarized the home of a well-known Springfield attorney-and brother of Abraham Lincoln's former law partner-a crime for which he was convicted and sent
- Contents:
- Introduction; Georgia Roots; Illinois in Wartime; Black Springfield; A White Man's Country; The Underworld; The Penitentiary; Springfield, 1908; Appendix; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- ISBN:
- 0-8214-4494-8
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