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Slave cabins in the Bluegrass (Coleman Collection, published by William H. Townsend, 1955) Mason County, Kentucky, slave pen now at the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center in Cincinnati, Ohio. The history of slavery in Kentucky dates from the earliest permanent European settlements in the state, until the end of the Civil War.
The McConnell House, Law Office, and Slave Quarters, near Wurtland, Kentucky, United States, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. The listing included three contributing buildings and a contributing site on 15 acres (6.1 ha). [1] It is located west of Wurtland on U.S. Route 23. It has also been known as Harris House
Map of Kentucky engraved by Young and Delleker for the 1827 edition of Anthony Finley's General Atlas (Geographicus Rare Antique Maps) This is a list of slave traders active in the U.S. state of Kentucky from settlement until the end of the American Civil War in 1865. A. Blackwell, Lexington [1] Lewis Allen, "professional kidnapper," Maysville [2]
After serving 12 years behind prison walls, Rev. Calvin Fairbank was set free in 1864.Once he reached Ohio soil he shouted, “Out of the mouth of death! Out of the jaws of Hell!” The northern ...
Pages in category "History of slavery in Kentucky" The following 24 pages are in this category, out of 24 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Although national ratification of the 13th Amendment meant Kentucky was bound to the federal law, Kentucky did not itself ratify it until 1976. As always, thank goodness for Mississippi. It did ...
John W. Anderson (1801?–September 20, 1836) was an American interstate slave trader and farmer based near Maysville, Mason County, Kentucky. Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court John Marshall was an investor who funded Anderson's slave speculations. Anderson was involved in the establishment of the Forks of the Road slave market in 1833.
Lucas, Marion B. "Kentucky Blacks: The Transition from Slavery to Freedom." Register of the Kentucky Historical Society 91.4 (1993): 403–419. online; Lucas, Marion B. "Berea College in the 1870s and 1880s: Student Life at a Racially Integrated Kentucky College." Register of the Kentucky Historical Society 98.1 (2000): 1–22. online