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Who Was Well Acquainted With John Brown
Local memoir recounts Anderson county residents aiding abolitionist actions with John Brown. It describes an escape network from Missouri into Kansas, a cabin near Berea, and the arduous moving of enslaved families through Osawatomie and Lane to safety. The narrator details a baby named John Brown born during the journey and a protected fugitive camp along Big Potawatomie creek.
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Anderson County
Delos Walker
Kansas
Nou
John Brown
Alt
Berea
Green Mountain
Charles Seems
Missouri
Jim
Brown
Lane
Greeley
Middle Creek
Kentucky
Franklin County
Underground Railroad
Big Potawatomie Creek
Canada