Tag: slavery
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Paddling to Freedom Across the Mississippi
It was nigh daybreak by the time Enoch and Liza reached the river, where Wash “waited in a canoe-like boat moored under heavy willows.” With baby James in her arms, Liza stepped into the boat, and the four of them set out across the river.
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Who’s Solomon Dixon?
“In November 1859, he [Solomon] begged me to buy him and save him from being separated from his wife and boy. The privilege of finding a purchaser to his own liking had been given to him, and he said he had chosen me. We soon came to an understanding and I gave him a check.”
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The Murder of a Slave on the Ralls County Harris Plantation
For nearly two centuries, the blood-splattered fate of Anderson has remained a dirty secret.
Lost River Stories 