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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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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
