Avenues of Transformation: Illinois's Path from Territory to State
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WINNER, 2023 Illinois State Historical Society Russell P. Strange Book of the Year Award!
A territory split by slavery, a state forged for union
Avenues of Transformation traces the surprising path, marked by shame, ambition, and will that led to Illinois’s admission to the Union in 1818. Historian James A. Edstrom guides the reader through this story by associating each stage of the narrativethe original statehood campaign, the passage of Illinois’s statehood-enabling act by Congress, and I...
A territory split by slavery, a state forged for union
Avenues of Transformation traces the surprising path, marked by shame, ambition, and will that led to Illinois’s admission to the Union in 1818. Historian James A. Edstrom guides the reader through this story by associating each stage of the narrativethe original statehood campaign, the passage of Illinois’s statehood-enabling act by Congress, and I...






















