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After a push in recent years from advocates and state legislators, the St. Louis Cardinals signaled they're open to placing markers at the Lynch slave pen site among others in the area. -
The foundation of the Quinn Chapel A.M.E. Church in Brooklyn is eroding and a wall is gradually bulging prompting parishioners to have services in a nearby senior citizens’ center. -
“Brooklyn was like a beacon of hope for those who desired to be the architect of their own destinies,” a historian said. -
BROOKLYN — On the outskirts of this St. Clair County village, a small green sign reveals how many people live there — about 750. The small community is… -
OtherThe town of Alton was a major stop for escaped slaves making their way to freedom from St. Louis.Some runaways stayed in Alton, and some continued north… -
There’s good reason the U.S. Treasury Department selected Harriet Tubman as the new face of its $20 bill. Tubman lived one of the nation’s most remarkable… -
The Mississippi River town of Quincy, Illinois, was a major stop on the Underground Railroad as slaves attempted to make their way from Missouri to a free… -
Brooklyn, Ill., is a small, predominantly African-American town, just across the Mississippi River from St. Louis.What little revenue the town brings in… -
Among abolitionists, John Fairfield was unique: He was brutal, not above a shootout; he created elaborate ruses to rescue slaves; and he charged for his… -
On the 159th anniversary of Mary Meachum's attempted crossing of the Mississippi River — from what was at the time the slave state of Missouri to the free…