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A Gateway to Freedom--Footnote 1

A Gateway to Freedom
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(22.2004.1)

Footnote 1

As early as 1821, enslaved blacks seeking freedom crossed the Ohio River from Louisville to New Albany.

Reuben T. Durrett, The Centenary of Louisville (Louisville, 1893), 51.

Reuben T. Durrett, The Centenary of Louisville (Louisville, 1893), portion of 149 (includes petition to incorporate).

J. Blaine Hudson, Fugitive Slaves and the Underground Railroad in the Kentucky Borderland, 29.

J. Blaine Hudson,
Fugitive Slaves and the Underground Railroad in the Kentucky Borderland
(Jefferson, N.C., 2002), 65.