Governor Coles and Slavery
Posted by: BruceS
N 38° 49.141 W 089° 57.844
16S E 242658 N 4300867
Historical marker on north side of Edwardsville.
Waymark Code: WM8YQ
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 03/13/2006
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Site of the courthouse where, in 1824, political enemies convicted Governor Edward Coles of illegally freeing his slaves. 'To preserve to a continuous line of generations that liberty obtained by the valor of our forefathers, we must make provisions for the moral and intellectual improvement of those who are to follow.'
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