. History of Tazewell county, Illinois ; together with sketches of its cities, villages and townships, educational, religious, civil, military, and political history; portraits of prominent persons and biographies of representative citizens. History of Illinois ... Digest of state laws. ther Dickey andOwen Lovejoy, strong anti-slavery men, made an appointment tospeak at Washington. On the notice of the meeting being an-nounced the pro-slavery men took forcible and armed possession of 320 HISTORY OF TAZEWELL COUNTY. the church to be occupied by these speakers, and determined, at allhazards, to
. History of Tazewell county, Illinois ; together with sketches of its cities, villages and townships, educational, religious, civil, military, and political history; portraits of prominent persons and biographies of representative citizens. History of Illinois ... Digest of state laws. ther Dickey andOwen Lovejoy, strong anti-slavery men, made an appointment tospeak at Washington. On the notice of the meeting being an-nounced the pro-slavery men took forcible and armed possession of 320 HISTORY OF TAZEWELL COUNTY. the church to be occupied by these speakers, and determined, at allhazards, to prevent the meeting from being held there. A prominent man of conservative views on the slavery questionadvised the anti-slavery men not to attempt to hold the meeting asthey were determined to do, as the mob, he said, were frenzied withliquor, and he feared the consequences. So they concluded to go toPleasant Grove church, Groveland, where they addressed one of themost enthusiastic anti-slavery meetings ever held in this part of theState. Owen Lovejoy was the orator of the day. The mob weredetermined to follow and break up that meeting also, but were de-terred by being told that as the anti-slavery men were on their ownground they would fight, and doubtless blood would be CHAPTER X. PIONEER CABINS. WE shall, in this chapter, give a clear and exact descriptionof pioneer life in this county, commencing with the timethe sturdy settlers first arrived with their scanty stores. They hadmigrated from older States, where the prospects for even a compe-tency were very poor, many of them coming from Kentucky, for, itis supposed, they found that a good State to emigrate from. Theirentire stock of furniture, implements and family necessities wereeasily stored in one wagon, and sometimes a cart was their onlyvehicle. As the first thing after they arrived and found a suitable location,they would set about the building of a log cabin, a description ofwhich may be interesting
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