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Rev. John W. Lewis and His Free Will Baptist Crusade Against Slavery

When Black Mainers Joined the National Black Freedom Movement 

CHICAGO — There is a beautiful duality to the first Chicago site recognized as part of the Underground Railroad. In front, a historical plaque unveiled in 2019 solemnly marks the former Jan and Aagje Ton Farm, 557 E. 134th Place, as part of the National Park Service Network to Freedom program. Chicago’s Finest Marina exists in the back, the sole Black-owned marina in the city. Ronald Gaines ...

CHICAGO — There is a beautiful duality to the first Chicago site recognized as part of the Underground Railroad. In front, a historical plaque unveiled in 2019 solemnly marks the former Jan and Aagje Ton Farm, 557 E. 134th Place, as part of the National Park Service Network to Freedom program. Chicago’s Finest Marina exists in the back, the sole Black-owned marina in the city. Ronald Gaines ...

There is a beautiful duality to the first Chicago site recognized as part of the Underground Railroad. In front, a historical plaque unveiled in 2019 solemnly marks the former Jan and Aagje Ton Farm, 557 E. 134th Place, as part of the National Park Service Network to Freedom program. Chicago’s Finest Marina exists in the back, the sole Black-owned marina in the city. Ronald Gaines Sr. bought ...