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Sites in Illinois |
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First courthouse in the State of |
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Quinn Chapel AME church
was founded in 1844; it is home to the oldest black congregation in
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Pond Settlement / Lakeview |
One of, if not the oldest, African American cemeteries in Illinois is the Lakeview Cemetery which has been in operation since 1838. |
| Kaskaskia |
Church of the Immaculate
Conception founded in 1675 where enslaved African Americans were baptized
and married. |
Fort du Chartres |
Fort du Chartres in southern Illinois was one of the earliest sites, in the state, of African American enslavement. |
| Pembroke / |
Black farmer inspects
his field…African Americans have lived in this small town since before
the Civil War. |
Young man caring for
horse at Boots & Saddle Ranch |
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Historic marker identifies
a site where salt was collected and processed. The marker fails to mention that most of the
labor was provided by enslaved African American men. |
Hickory Hill also known
as the Old Slave House was built by John Hart Crenshaw to serve as a place to hold
kidnapped blacks, both slave and free.
This, the last known site of the Reverse Underground Railroad,
was purchased by the state of |
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