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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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Object Type
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Vertical File
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Title
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A Sorry Free State
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Description
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Article describes the past and present of the Quindaro area of Kansas City, Kansas. Quindaro was an anti-slavery town before and during the Civil War, and a crossing place on the Missouri River for runaway slaves.
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Date
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2002-03-21
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Quindaro's History Has Strong Advocate
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Description
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Article about Jesse Hope and the Old Quindaro Museum & Information Center. The museum is housed in the former home of John A. Walker at 3432 N. 29th in Kansas City, Kansas.
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Date
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2010-10-12
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Music of Freedom
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Description
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Historical article about the Jackson Jubilee Singers, a group of African American performers from Western University (Quindaro, KS) who toured the U.S. and Canada during the first half of the twentieth century. The Singers, under the direction of Dean Robert G. Jackson, helped promote the music department of the University through their uplifting performances and helped preserve black spiritual music. The article profiles several former students of Western University which closed its doors in 1944.
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Date
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2008-02-24
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Your Kansas City and Mine
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Description
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Photos and descriptions of landmarks of the Underground Railroad in the old Quindaro section of Kansas City, Kansas, showing the "Old Rock House" with a secret tunnel for fugitive slaves and remnants of another "railway station."
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Date
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1950
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Object Type
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Book
