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Title: The Jefferson-Lemen Compact
The Relations of Thomas Jefferson and James Lemen in the
Exclusion of Slavery from Illinois and Northern Territory
with Related Documents 1781-1818

Author: Willard C. MacNaul

Release Date: April 29, 2007 [EBook #21251]

Language: English

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The Jefferson-Lemen Compact

The Relations of
Thomas Jefferson and James Lemen
in the Exclusion of Slavery from Illinois
and the Northwest Territory
with Related Documents
1781-1818

A Paper read before the
Chicago Historical Society
February 16, 1915

By
Willard C. MacNaul

[Illustration: Arms]

The University of Chicago Press
1915

Copyright by
CHICAGO HISTORICAL SOCIETY
1915

CONTENTS {p.03}

INTRODUCTION

1. Sketch of James Lemen.................................. 7

2. Lemen's Relations with Jefferson in Virginia........... 9

3. Lemen's Anti-Slavery Mission in Illinois--
Slavery in Illinois until 1787...................... 11
Prohibition of Slavery by Ordinance of 1787......... 11
The Slavery Conflict under Gov. St. Clair