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Lunn got away!
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February 23, 2014 by elhseven

Despite the danger, we continued to run towards freedom. We ran and joined the union troops, we ran towards Texas …
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Category People | Tags: Caddo Parish, Desoto parish, Keachie, Lunn, runaway slave, Rural NW LA African American Genealogy, Sam Van Bibber, William Spell
Runaway slave advertisement by Mary D. Cane Alexander
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February 23, 2014 by elhseven

Advertisement source: The South-western. (Shreveport, La.), 20 Sept. 1854. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. <http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83016483/1854-09-20/ed-1/seq-3/>

Category People | Tags: 1854, Caddo Parish, Mary D. Cane Alexander, plantations in Northwest Louisiana, runaway slave, Rural NW LA African American Genealogy, slavery, Smith

America Owes Black Folks a Debt and Payback Can Start With Investing in Our Children on Goldpoint Plantation, NW Louisiana
Mary H. Benson on About me
Linda Haywood on About me
Altorio Holden on Bossier Race Riots of 1868
Altorio Holden on Bossier Race Riots of 1868