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As an avid reader, I enjoy delving into history. As Madison County's treasurer, I especially enjoy learning about the history of this county. Recently, I read the biography of the state's second govenor (1822-1826) by Kurt Leichtle and Bruce Carveth...This book recognizes a man who did great things in Madison County, and I highly recommend it. --Kurt Prenzler, St. Louis Post Dispatch Crusade Against Slavery: Edward Coles, Pioneer of Freedom by Kurt E. Leichtle and Bruce Carveth is a laudable biography of Edward Coles, who was private secretary to President James Madison and later Illinois's second governor, who left his imprint on the nation's history by resolutely combating a proslavery movement in Illinois during the early 1820s. --Graham A. Peck, Ohio Valley History Edward Coles is best remembered in the Midwest as the governor who between 1822 and 1824 fought to keep Illinois from becoming a slave state. Kurt E. Leichtle and Bruce G. Carveth's new biography demonstrates the heavy cost Coles paid for that brief episode. Coles spent most of his life in Virginia and Pennsylvania, but it was the decade he spent in Illinois and the actions he took there that indelibly marked his fate. Edward Coles was born into Virginia's slaveholding aristocracy. --James Simeone, Illinois Wesleyan University Kurt E. Leichtle and Bruce G. Carveth have written a biography of Edward Coles (1786-1868) that aspires to be the first full-length treatment of the man's life. The result of this more expansive story, the authors claim, is a biography of a common man who made uncommon history, a man whose life might help us see American history as a dialogue between white and black experiences (p. 4). --Suzanne Cooper Guasco, The Journal of Southern History

""" As an avid reader, I enjoy delving into history. As Madison County's treasurer, I especially enjoy learning about the history of this county. Recently, I read the biography of the state's second govenor (1822-1826) by Kurt Leichtle and Bruce Carveth...This book recognizes a man who did great things in Madison County, and I highly recommend it.""--Kurt Prenzler, St. Louis Post Dispatch ""Crusade Against Slavery: Edward Coles, Pioneer of Freedom by Kurt E. Leichtle and Bruce Carveth is a laudable biography of Edward Coles, who was private secretary to President James Madison and later Illinois's second governor, who left his imprint on the nation's history by resolutely combating a proslavery movement in Illinois during the early 1820s.""--Graham A. Peck, Ohio Valley History ""Edward Coles is best remembered in the Midwest as the governor who between 1822 and 1824 fought to keep Illinois from becoming a slave state. Kurt E. Leichtle and Bruce G. Carveth's new biography demonstrates the heavy cost Coles paid for that brief episode. Coles spent most of his life in Virginia and Pennsylvania, but it was the decade he spent in Illinois and the actions he took there that indelibly marked his fate. Edward Coles was born into Virginia's slaveholding aristocracy.""--James Simeone, Illinois Wesleyan University ""Kurt E. Leichtle and Bruce G. Carveth have written a biography of Edward Coles (1786-1868) that aspires to be the first full-length treatment of the man's life. The result of this more expansive story, the authors claim, is a biography of ""a common man who made uncommon history,"" a man whose life might help us see American history as a dialogue between white and black experiences (p. 4).""--Suzanne Cooper Guasco, The Journal of Southern History"

"" As an avid reader, I enjoy delving into history. As Madison County's treasurer, I especially enjoy learning about the history of this county. Recently, I read the biography of the state's second govenor (1822-1826) by Kurt Leichtle and Bruce Carveth...This book recognizes a man who did great things in Madison County, and I highly recommend it.""--Kurt Prenzler, St. Louis Post Dispatch ""Crusade Against Slavery: Edward Coles, Pioneer of Freedom by Kurt E. Leichtle and Bruce Carveth is a laudable biography of Edward Coles, who was private secretary to President James Madison and later Illinois's second governor, who left his imprint on the nation's history by resolutely combating a proslavery movement in Illinois during the early 1820s.""--Graham A. Peck, Ohio Valley History ""Edward Coles is best remembered in the Midwest as the governor who between 1822 and 1824 fought to keep Illinois from becoming a slave state. Kurt E. Leichtle and Bruce G. Carveth's new biography demonstrates the heavy cost Coles paid for that brief episode. Coles spent most of his life in Virginia and Pennsylvania, but it was the decade he spent in Illinois and the actions he took there that indelibly marked his fate. Edward Coles was born into Virginia's slaveholding aristocracy.""--James Simeone, Illinois Wesleyan University ""Kurt E. Leichtle and Bruce G. Carveth have written a biography of Edward Coles (1786-1868) that aspires to be the first full-length treatment of the man's life. The result of this more expansive story, the authors claim, is a biography of ""a common man who made uncommon history,"" a man whose life might help us see American history as a dialogue between white and black experiences (p. 4).""--Suzanne Cooper Guasco, The Journal of Southern History

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Kurt E. Leichtle is a professor emeritus of history at the University of Wisconsin, River Falls. His articles have been published in the Magazine of History, The Historical Encyclopedia, and The Encyclopedia of War. Bruce G. Carveth is a writer and former editor for business publications.

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