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  • September 21, 1829 – Twenty-sixth Entry

    This is the journey of Archer, the enslaved property of James Alexander of Lexington, Virginia. Alexander is a member of a caravan of families moving to St. Charles County in Missouri being led by his cousin William Campbell, a young attorney hoping to set up a law practice there. If we listen closely to Campbell’s…

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  • September 13, 1829 – Eighteenth Entry

    While the caravan stops for a day of rest, and to attend the First Presbyterian Church in Portsmouth, for Archer the day is just like any other….

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