Underground Railroad ran through Tazewell County in Illinois
In the early morning of Jan. 16, 1848, Albert Greene of the Mount Hope settlement in McLean County was celebrating his sixth birthday by battling a case of the measles. Feverish and restless, he thrashed and sweated his way into a semi-sleep when unusual activity in the house’s kitchen jolted him fully awake. He heard hushed conversation and the shuffling of many feet, and he smelled coffee brewing and meat frying. Greene was awakened to hear the sound of wheels outside his home’s front door. He heard people passing back and forth between the house and the covered wagon that had pull...
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