Democracy and slavery in frontier Illinois

"Democracy and Slavery in Frontier Illinois reveals the paradoxes within the quest for a democracy that also fostered slavery. Placing early Illinois politics in the context of the national politics of the Jacksonian era, it will appeal to readers interested in the political development of the early republic and the Midwestern frontier, the roles of race and class in constructing political identity, and the nature of liberal democracy in nineteenth-century America."--BOOK JACKET.