Washington University

  • Abolitionist William Greenleaf Eliot

    His early years in St. Louis would soon find him caught between the two forces of the rising conflict regarding the issues of enslavement…

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  • REFRAMING HISTORY

    REFRAMING HISTORY

    On March 30, 1863, Eliot would address a letter to Archer’s owner Richard H. Pitman asking to purchase him, as he wanted to see Archer Alexander emancipated. In his book, The Story of Archer Alexander, Eliot would later write …

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