Explore the experiences of African Americans in Missouri and Illinois from 1699-1865.
Author Julie Nicolai details this history and more..
Wind your way through the lonely Pitman Cemetery, where the enslaved slumber unmarked and abandoned.
Marvel at the faded \'haint\' blue paint on a slave dwelling at Prairie Park Plantation.
See what it was like to hunker in the dark basement of the Hanson House.
Be swayed by the firebrand abolitionism of the Congregationalists.
Louis who found her way to freedom in Canada.
Meet Priscilla Baltimore, the remarkable woman who founded a freedom village, and Caroline Quarlls, an enslaved woman in St.
Learn about where they lived, what they did and where they are buried.
Explore the experiences of African Americans in Missouri and Illinois from 1699-1865
