The African American Community in Brushy Fork, Illinois, 1818-1861

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Research Article| July 01 2019 The African American Community in Brushy Fork, Illinois, 1818-1861 Charles R. Foy; Charles R. Foy Dr. Charles R. Foy is Associate Professor, Emeritus, Early American & Atlantic History at Eastern Illinois University. His scholarship focuses on eighteenth century black maritime culture. Dr. Foy has published more than a dozen articles on black mariners and is the creator of the Black Mariner Database, a dataset of more than 29,000 eighteenth century black Atlantic mariners. He is completing a book manuscript, Liberty’s Labyrinth: Freedom in the 18th Century Black Atlantic, that details the nature of freedom in the eighteenth century through an analysis of the lives of black mariners. Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Michael I. Bradley Michael I. Bradley Michael Bradley is currently a doctoral candidate at the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, and has a Master of Arts degree from Eastern Illinois University in Early American & Atlantic History. His scholarship focuses on the long eighteenth century and the social history of convict transportation from Britain to America. Mr. Bradley has published an encyclopedia entry on the Black Atlantic, and is the creator of a dataset of more than 3,000 transported convicts who have been tracked from Britain to America and whose lives are under analysis for his forthcoming dissertation. Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society (1998-) (2019) 112 (2): 129–162. https://doi.org/10.5406/jillistathistsoc.112.2.0129 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Charles R. Foy, Michael I. Bradley; The African American Community in Brushy Fork, Illinois, 1818-1861. Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society (1998-) 1 January 2019; 112 (2): 129–162. doi: https://doi.org/10.5406/jillistathistsoc.112.2.0129 Download citation file: Zotero Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All Scholarly Publishing CollectiveUniversity of Illinois PressJournal of the Illinois State Historical Society (1998-) Search Advanced Search The text of this article is only available as a PDF. Copyright 2019 by the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois2019 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.