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Voices of Liberty and Slavery in a Kentucky Region
An 1881 letter recounts Chaplain Bush of the 49th Ohio describing enslaved families fleeing Greenbrier Kentucky. Affected woman and children weep as men carry bundles, and an elderly couple too frail to keep up are sold southward.
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Indy
John Ewift
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Santen
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Jim Lane
Chicago
Homer
Lane
Mradane
Indies
Chien Jg
Gen. Lane
Twrerglen
Trewnant
Tribune
Trief
Igi
Earth
Rebda
Abe
Gulf Coast
Banat
Elaworth Zouaver
Tremont
Tane
Chicago, Turlington
Etary
Oas
M. Clay
Kentucky
Mexico
Thomas K. Marshall
Mershall
Marshall
Ole
Clay
Sthawpot
Claymont
Lexington
Biemeelf
San Juan
Misouri
Missouri
Kansas
Southwar
Secortion Army
Colt
Kannas
V. Y. Une
Gannon
Bowes
Suerte
Sean
Negreem
Carreroa
New York
Wasitxarox
James Hi. Lane
White House
Thore
Lincoln
Gen Lana
Posey
Dole
Th Howse
Lana
Weill
Guy Care
Congress
Elas