Illinois Transatlantic Slave Trade Commission
Slavery in the United States
- Black Pioneers and Freedom Fighters
By Toni Costonie with the assistance of Zada Johnson
- Native Americans of Illinois
& Their Relationship with African-Americans
By Toni Costonie with the assistance of Zada Johnson
- Slave Cities and Counties in Illinois
By Toni Costonie with the assistance of Zada Johnson
- Black Laws -- Illinois laws established in 1813 for the express purpose of prohibiting "free Negroes and Mullattoes" from entering the state.
- Constitutional debate of 1847 over a proposed amendment designed to prohibit escaped slaves from entering the state and to make it a crime for anyone to bring slaves into the State from other States and set them free.