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2 Feb. 2017. <https://www.chicagohistory.org/african-american-life-in-the-nineteenth-
century/>. I used two of their PDF files names John Jones and the Fight to Repeal the Black
Laws and John and Mary Jones and the Importance of Oral History. The PDF'S contained
primary resources so i used Theodora's letter and John Jones' rebuttal to the Illinois Black Laws.
A Nation Divided: The Political Climate of 1850s America." Omeka RSS. N.p., n.d. Web. 02 Feb. 2017.
<http://cwnc.omeka.chass.ncsu.edu/exhibits/show/benjamin-hedrick/polticalclimate>. Gained
background information on the political climate.

Chicago Daily Tribune (1872-1963); May 24, 1879; ProQuest Historical Newspapers Chicago Tribune
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1986).<http://search.proquest.com.gatekeeper.chipublib.org/hnpchicagotribune/docview/172035
304/7E37F0CB87014EDCPQ/1?accountid=303>. Talks about his funeral day

"Early Chicago: John Jones." Explore | DuSable to Obama: Chicago's Black Metropolis - WTTW.
WTTW, 25 May 2016. Web. 22 Feb. 2017. <http://interactive.wttw.com/a/main.taf-
p=76,4,2,2&content=john-jones.html>. I used the picture.

"Early Chicago: Mary Richardson Jones." Explore | DuSable to Obama: Chicago's Black Metropolis -
WTTW. WTTW, 25 May 2016. Web. 22 Feb. 2017. <http://interactive.wttw.com/a/main.taf-
p=76,4,2,2&content=mary-richardson-jones.html>. I used the picture.
"Early Chicago: Slavery in Illinois." Slavery in Illinois | Early Chicago | DuSable to Obama: Chicago's
Black Metropolis - WTTW. WTTW, 25 May 2016. Web. 22 Feb. 2017.
<http://interactive.wttw.com/a/dusable-to-obama-explore-early-chicago-slavery-illinois>. Got the
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<http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/2458.html>. Used the Certificate of
Freedom Image.
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<http://andrewspress.com/Research/ChicagoDailyTribune18750312.pdf>. Used it to show what a
great person he was.

Museum, Clarke House. "John Jones and the Illinois Black Laws." Clarke House Museum. N.p., 01 Jan.
1970. Web. 02 Feb. 2017. <http://clarkehousemuseum.blogspot.com/2012/02/john-jones-and-
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Laws.html>. Gained information on John Jones and his political work with Frederick Douglas.
Purnell, Theodora Lee. Letter to The Illinois Historical Society. 2 Sept. 1955. African American Life in
the Nineteenth Century. Chicago History Museum, n.d. Web.
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<http://search.proquest.com.gatekeeper.chipublib.org/hnpchicagotribune/docview/168666886/6F
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people were in the Black Illinois State Convention.
Technology, Florida Center for Instructional. "Freedom States and Slavery States, 1854." Educational
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<http://etc.usf.edu/maps/pages/800/808/808.htm>. Used the Map.
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Used the Newspaper for insights of the tortures that Whites would do to the slaves.