Enslavement and the Underground Railroad in Missouri and Illinois Cover:Paperback God will answer her prayers

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Enslavement and the Underground Railroad in Missouri and Illinois Cover:Paperback God will answer her prayersThe Path to Freedom in Missouri and Illinois People enslaved here experienced the same horrors as those held captive in other states, and their stories of courage and perseverance are amazing. Priscilla Baltimore purchased her own emancipation and founded a freedom village. Caroline Quarlls escaped to Canada. Many who fled for their lives spent time bunkered in the basement of Hanson House. The region's Congregationalists brought a fiery. brand of