Slaves, Salt, Sex & Mr. CrenshawThe Real Story of the Old Slave House and America's Last Station on the Reverse Underground R.R.
Gallatin County, Illinois, Slave & Emancipation Records, 1839-1849John W. Allen's 1950 transcription of the now-missing second slave registry.
Handbook of Old Gallatin County & Southeastern Illinois
The must-have book for any southeastern Illinois genealogist or researcher.
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EQUALITY, Ill. (Aug. 1, 2004) — Despite state
acquisition in December 2000, the Old Slave House outside Equality remains closed with the public warned not to trespass or face prosecution.
The Old Slave House is just the latest in a string of historic sites across the state mothballed for lack of funding. Today, less than half of the sites "operated" by the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency are actually open and staffed. Open it NOW! Friends of the Old Slave House remains committed to get the site reopened and calls on Governor Rod Blagojevich to support a public-private partnership that would reopen the site using a regional non-profit organization to run it.
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