The "Trials of Nance" is the true story of the three Supreme Court Trials of
Mrs. Nance Legins-Costley (1813-1873) in Illinois. The dramatic non-fiction
narrative is based on the original sworn and witnessed court records written
with quill and buried deep in the Archives of the Illinois Supreme Court and
other record depositories.This is the only known historical biography to
receive awards from an African-American Museum as well as the Illinois State
Historical Society. The editor of the Illinois History Journal claimed this is
the only story about Abraham Lincoln that is really new. The truth of the
story was actually buried by white supremecist attitudes for over 100 years.
Nance actually tried to free herself, but need lawyer Lincoln to make it
legal.Nance's struggles began as a teenager and it took 15 years to win her
freedom. Nance is the only known slave in American history who managed to get
to a state supreme court THREE times. It was discovered there are more old
records on Nance than any other Illinois slavery case. The result is the book
holds a piece of history to own, a copy of Nance's original signature from her
historic testimony in 1827, ten years before Abraham Lincoln became a
lawyer...and Nance risked everything for the sake of her eight children, both
born and the unborn. Read more