The Life and Death of Gus Reed : a Story of Race and Justice in Illinois during the Civil War and Reconstruction.
Bahde, Thomas.
The Life and Death of Gus Reed : a Story of Race and Justice in Illinois during the Civil War and Reconstruction. - Athens, OH : Ohio University Press, (c)2014. - 1 online resource (239 pages). - Series on Law, Society, and Politics in the Midwest .
Includes bibliographies and index.
Introduction; Georgia Roots; Illinois in Wartime; Black Springfield; A White Man's Country; The Underworld; The Penitentiary; Springfield, 1908; Appendix; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index.
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.
9780821444948
Reed, Augustus, 1846?-1878.
African Americans--Illinois--Springfield--Biography.
Freed persons--Illinois--Springfield--Biography.
African American prisoners--Crimes against--History--Illinois--19th century.
African Americans--Legal status, laws, etc.--Illinois--19th century.
Discrimination in criminal justice administration--History--Illinois--19th century.
Racism--History--Illinois--19th century.
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)--Illinois.
Electronic Books.
F549 / .L544 2014
The Life and Death of Gus Reed : a Story of Race and Justice in Illinois during the Civil War and Reconstruction. - Athens, OH : Ohio University Press, (c)2014. - 1 online resource (239 pages). - Series on Law, Society, and Politics in the Midwest .
Includes bibliographies and index.
Introduction; Georgia Roots; Illinois in Wartime; Black Springfield; A White Man's Country; The Underworld; The Penitentiary; Springfield, 1908; Appendix; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index.
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.
9780821444948
Reed, Augustus, 1846?-1878.
African Americans--Illinois--Springfield--Biography.
Freed persons--Illinois--Springfield--Biography.
African American prisoners--Crimes against--History--Illinois--19th century.
African Americans--Legal status, laws, etc.--Illinois--19th century.
Discrimination in criminal justice administration--History--Illinois--19th century.
Racism--History--Illinois--19th century.
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)--Illinois.
Electronic Books.
F549 / .L544 2014