There is so much more to discover! We hope that these resources will provide more insight into the story of Archer Alexander
BOOKS, JOURNALS AND ESSAYS
Blassingame, John W. “The Recruitment of Negro Troops in Missouri during the Civil War.” In The Civil War in Missouri: Essays from the Missouri Historical Review, 1906-2006, 153-167. Columbia: State Historical Society of Missouri, 2006.
Burk Diane M. On Slavery’s Boarder. Athens and London: The University of Georgia Press, , 2010.
Eliot, William Greenleaf, Archer Alexander From Slavery to Freedom March 30, 1863, Cupples, Boston, 1885
Glatthaar, Joseph T. Forged in Battle: The Civil War Alliance of Black Soldiers and White Officers. New York: First Meridian Printing, 1991.
Greene, Lorenzo J., Missouri’s Black Heritage,Columbia, MO, University of Missouri Press, 1980 (Revised Edition)
Nicolai, Julie D., Enslavement and the Underground Railroad in Missouri and Illinois, Charlestown, SC, The History Press, 2023.
Schwalm, Leslie. Emancipation Diaspora: Race and Reconstruction in the Upper Midwest. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2009.
VIDEOS
September 1, 2024 UNDERGROUND – A short YouTube video that shares the story of Archer Alexander on the Underground Railroad that is suitable for all ages… https://youtu.be/JVDKK8JJtno
January 18, 2022: The meeting of the Lincoln Group of Washington, D.C. The program’s speaker was Dorris Keeven-Franke with Archer Alexander: The Unknown Hero. Note the Access Passcode following the link. Meeting Recording: https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/share/iQ6pu6EyAs_LlNLg1-Bax3D7iPvhEZn9nRY4-ba8SSDPEf5eQkQpe-aUBjU1J0Aq.uYqVMuJPLfWxnckt Access Passcode: D&3+wx8e
November 3, 2021 Taking another Look at the Emancipation Monument https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IRi0J8adNU&t=16s
September 28, 2021 The Civil War Roundtable of Washinton, D.C. Archer Alexander: The Last Fugitive Slave YouTube Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nN3lGo4-To&t=7s
September 18, 2020 Hidden History of the Emancipation Monument https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D35nW8qd4xU
March 30, 2018 O’Fallon TV Honoring Archer Alexander with O’Fallon Matters https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FfKhZRj7E0
RADIO & PODCASTS
March 19, 2019 St. Louis Public Radio – The World A Louisville Family learns about their ties to a St. Louis slave who saved lives STL|PR Chad Davis https://news.stlpublicradio.org/arts/2019-03-19/a-louisville-family-learns-about-their-ties-to-a-st-louis-slave-who-saved-lives#stream/0
INTERView with Rev. Anthony witherspoon – When Freedom Speaks: Hidden Heroes – The Story of Archer Alexander https://www.youtube.com/live/_j4zJ9YTPTQ?si=N6-P1MrnXpcUmu1w
JOURNALS & ARTICLES
February 24, 2022 Encyclopedia Virginia. Virginia Humanities Keeven-Franke, Dorris. “Archer Alexander (d. December 8, 1880)” https://encyclopediavirginia.org/entries/archer-alexander-d-december-8-1880/
Emancipation Monument
The Emancipation Monument, also known as Freedom’s Memorial, was dedicated in Washington, D.C. on April 14, 1876. It was the idea of Charlotte Scott, a freed woman of Virginia who, upon hearing of President Abraham Lincoln’s death, contributed her first five dollars earned in freedom towards the dream of a memorial to martyred President Lincoln. The monument was paid for solely by donations from emancipated citizens and Black Union soldiers.
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Freedom’s Memorial
“WITH FUNDS CONTRIBUTED SOLELY BY EMANCIPATED CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES DECLARED FREE BY HIS PROCLAMATION”
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