Genealogy
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September is National Underground Railroad Month. Archer Alexander, the Last Fugitive Slave in Missouri, was an enslaved hero of the Civil War who was given his freedom by the Union Army for his services. In 1863, he overheard the Confederates plan to destroy a local North Missouri Railroad bridge, which would have killed hundreds of…
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The search for that special slave known as Archer Alexander has begun and needs to be found. Only then can that “true” story, as Keith Alexander calls it, be really known. Not easy when you are trying to find the genealogy of a slave. This is what is known as thorough and exhaustive research, for…
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