Enslavement and the Underground Railroad in Missouri and Illinois

The Path to Freedom in Missouri and Illinois

People enslaved here experienced the same horrors as those held captive in other states, and their stories of courage and perseverance are amazing. Priscilla Baltimore purchased her own emancipation and founded a freedom village. Caroline Quarlls escaped to Canada. Many who fled for their lives spent time bunkered in the basement of Hanson House. The region's Congregationalists brought a fiery. brand of abolitionism. And Prairie Park still holds the faded "haint" blue paint traditionally used on slave dwellings. Author Julia Nicolai details these and other adjective stories.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: History PR
Published: 07/31/2023
ISBN: 9781540257918
Pages: 210
Weight: 0.99lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.50d