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To: offduty

There were slave owners in IL. Search “old slave house”. It was the Crenshaw house near Equality.


31 posted on 11/29/2019 2:49:07 PM PST by virgil (The evil that men do lives after them)
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To: virgil

Yep a lot of cotton plantations in Evanston. Time to pay up Fruit of the Loon.


37 posted on 11/29/2019 2:56:29 PM PST by Rodm
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To: virgil

I stand corrected. Interesting read about the “reverse underground railroad”. Thanks for a very interesting look at Illinois history.


45 posted on 11/29/2019 3:10:59 PM PST by offduty
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