Patrick Hotle is the John Sperry Jr. Endowed Chair in Humanities at Culver-Stockton College. Before coming to Missouri, he taught in Nicaragua, Egypt, Belgium and the Netherlands. He is also the secretary of the Dr. Richard Eells House, a site on the Underground Railroad museum. He has authored a number of books and articles on world history and is currently working on a book on abolitionism on the Missouri/Illinois border. Patrick holds an M.Phil and PhD from Queens’ College Cambridge in England.
Email: photle@culver.edu
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Available Presentations (h3 text)
Available Presentations
Abolitionism on the Missouri-Illinois Border
The border between Missouri and Illinois saw a great deal of activity related to slavery and the Underground Railroad. Abolitionists founded the college’s first chartered institution of higher learning at Marion College in Missouri as well as the Mission Institute across the river in Quincy, Illinois My presentation will explore the impact of abolitionism on both sides of the border especially during the years 1831 to 1844 when the two college’s were most active. Thus the presentation is a case study on how slavery and abolitionism shaped the early history of the area.
Slavery and the Underground Railroad on the Missouri-Illinois Border
The border between Missouri and Illinois before the Civil War saw a great deal of activity related to slavery and the Underground Railroad. Abolitionists founded the first chartered institution of higher learning in Missouri at Marion College as well as the Mission Institute across the river in Quincy, Illinois. Hotle’s presentation will explore the impact of abolitionism on both sides of the border especially during the years 1831 to 1844 when the two college’s were most active. This presentation is a case study on how slavery and abolitionism shaped the early history of the area.
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