Edward Coles

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Edward Coles was an American anti-slavery advocate and the second Governor of Illinois, known for freeing his inherited slaves and working to prevent Illinois from becoming a slave state.

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Edward Coles canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American politician ⓘ
abolitionist ⓘ
human ⓘ
advocatedFor gradual emancipation ⓘ
prohibition of slavery in Illinois constitution ⓘ
birthDate 1786-12-15 ⓘ
birthPlace Enniscorthy, Albemarle County, Virginia ⓘ
burialPlace Woodlands Cemetery, Philadelphia ⓘ
correspondedWith James Madison ⓘ
Thomas Jefferson ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
deathDate 1868-07-07 ⓘ
deathPlace Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ⓘ
linked to: Philadelphia
educatedAt College of William & Mary ⓘ
employer Office of the President of the United States ⓘ
United States federal government ⓘ
endTimeOfPositionHeld 1826 ⓘ
ethnicGroup European American ⓘ
familyName Coles ⓘ
freed slaves inherited from his family ⓘ
givenName Edward ⓘ
knownFor being second Governor of Illinois ⓘ
opposition to slavery in Illinois ⓘ
livedDuring 19th century ⓘ
late 18th century ⓘ
memberOfPoliticalParty Democratic-Republican Party ⓘ
movement anti-slavery movement in the United States ⓘ
notableAchievement freed slaves he inherited ⓘ
led anti-slavery forces in Illinois constitutional crisis of 1823–1824 ⓘ
notableWork efforts to prevent Illinois from becoming a slave state ⓘ
numberOfChildren 3 ⓘ
occupation anti-slavery activist ⓘ
planter ⓘ
politician ⓘ
orderInOffice 2nd Governor of Illinois ⓘ
owned plantation in Virginia ⓘ
placeOfManumissionOfSlaves Illinois Territory ⓘ
positionHeld Governor of Illinois ⓘ
precededBy Shadrach Bond ⓘ
religion Episcopalian ⓘ
residence Illinois ⓘ
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ⓘ
linked to: Philadelphia
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Sally Logan Roberts Coles ⓘ
startTimeOfPositionHeld 1822 ⓘ
succeededBy Ninian Edwards ⓘ
workedAs private secretary to the President of the United States ⓘ
workedFor James Madison ⓘ

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Coles County, Illinois → namedAfter → Edward Coles ⓘ
Freddy Cole → father → Edward Coles ⓘ