The Freedom Seekers Who 'Managed to Shape Their Own Destinies'
The Black Freedom Seekers Who ‘Managed to Shape Their Own Destinies’ The Many and Varied Attempts by African Americans to Escape Bondage in the Lower Mississippi Valley Tell a Larger Narrative Many escapees fought back when slave-catchers pursued them. Courtesy of the Library of Congress. by S. Charles Bolton | January 27, 2021 The Lower Mississippi Valley begins at Cairo, Illinois, where the Ohio River flows into the Mississippi, and extends south to the Head of Passes 10...
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