So you distrust the University of Illinois and the Illinois State Archives on matters of Illinois history.
Obviously they weren't very good at it, given the growth in the black population.
In 1840 there were 3,500 free blacks out of a population just under 500,000. That means blacks were 0.7% of the Illinois population.
In 1860 there were 7,600 blacks out of a population of over 1.7 million. That means blacks were 0.4% of the Illinois population.
So the black population as a percentage of the whole in Illinois actually went DOWN between 1840 and 1860 by almost half at the same time when the white population went up. So yeah, I'd say they were pretty successful at accomplishing what they wanted.
Distrust my alma mater? Perish the thought. You, on the other hand...If you told me the sun rose in the east and set in the west I would double check.
So the black population as a percentage of the whole in Illinois actually went DOWN between 1840 and 1860 by almost half at the same time when the white population went up. So yeah, I'd say they were pretty successful at accomplishing what they wanted.
Nonsense. According to you the actual free black population should have gone down, as it did in several southern states, not doubled.