A good reference page, even if it limits itself to Southern Illinois. Good information on slavery in the Land of Lincoln, and the struggle between kidnappers and underground railroad. Site has a search function and plenty of photos.

Concepts

abraham lincoln, illinois, illinois history, slavery

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Additional Tags

lincoln, slaves, underground railroad, abe lincoln, charlie birger, general historic information about illinois, history

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Classroom Considerations

• Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)

• This resource is only available on an unencrypted HTTP website.It should be fine for general use, but don’t use it to share any personally identifiable information