National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom
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In February of 1863, on a frigid Sunday morning at 3:00 am, sixteen men attempted to make their way across an ice-blocked Missouri River in search of freedom. A local abolitionist, a German immigrant, had stowed a boat near the local ferry crossing, named Howell’s Ferry, for them to use.
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Journal entry September 12, 1829 Passed by the spot where two negro traders had been murdered by their chained slaves 2 or 3 weeks before. The torn fragments of their clothes were scattered about, the bushes beat down, the grass and leaves torn up, and other marks of a violent contest. Seven of the negroes…
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Archer Alexander is the great-great-great grandfather of Muhammad Ali.
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Here are three well-known African American couples in St. Louis, Missouri, whose perseverance and lives as freedom seekers are well-documented, yet the history of their burials has become obscured or tangled. Sadly, none of these couples are buried with their spouses, and only by carefully examining each story are we even able to begin to…
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