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1853 Palmyra Stampede

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    • 1852 Ste. Genevieve Stampede
    • 1853 Palmyra Stampede
    • 1854 St. Louis Stampedes
    • 1861 Harris Family Escape and Chicago Stampede
    • 1862 Loutre Island Stampede
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    • Stampedes coverage, 1861-1865
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    • National Stampedes, 1847-1865
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This map details the successful 1853 escape of eleven enslaved people from Palmyra, Missouri which passed through Mendon, Illinois on their toward Canada.

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creative commons icon 2022-23 National Park Service Network to Freedom and House Divided Project at Dickinson College 

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Contact

Director: Matthew Pinsker
House Divided Project
PO Box 1773 / 61 N. West Street
Dickinson College
Carlisle, PA 17013
Email: hdivided@dickinson.edu
Tel: 717-245-1865

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