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On Tuesday, June 20th, at 6:00 p.m. central, the LaSalle Public Library will virtually host Historian and Educator, Caroline Kisiel for her unique program, “Lives in Code: Stories of African American Resilience Under the Illinois Black Codes, 1819 – 1865.”<br/><br/>It is often surprising for Illinoisans to learn about the long history of slavery, racial segregation and exclusion in Illinois’s past. Federally obligated by the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 to pass its constitution as a free state in 1818, residents in the region prior to Illinois statehood had practiced slavery and indentured servitude since the 1700s. This laid the groundwork for harsh laws passed post-statehood called the Illinois Black Codes, which regulated the lives of enslaved people, indentured servants and free Blacks in Illinois from 1819-1865.<br/><br/>Among the restrictions under these Codes, free Blacks residing in the state were required to possess certificates of freedom and re

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