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Title
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Quindaro, Kansas
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Description
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File contains information and articles about Quindaro, Kansas. Included are multiple articles with photos about Orrin Murray, Sr. (born about 1900), "a black historian" and "a retired schoolteacher and farmer" active in the movement for preservation of the ruins of the town of Quindaro, Kansas (later a part of Kansas City, Kansas), from development as a landfill, etc. Arguments for Quindaro's historical significance as a haven for black slaves escaping across the Missouri River to Quindaro on the "Underground Railroad."
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