Liberty's Birds #2: Justice's Wreath by Elsie Ridgley
Charles Robinson (1818-1894)
Charles was a leader among the antislavery settlers establishing a town that the Missourians who lived about 30 miles away called Yankee Town. Western Missouri's political leaders determined that Kansas would be a slave state no matter what illegalities or violence was called for.
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Justice's Wreath by Becky Collis
The new town became a refuge for Black Missourians escaping slavery and free people who hoped for a more pleasant place to live. A few months after she arrived Sara noted proslavery bully Dr. John N.O.P. Wood threatened to throw two newcomers into the river but was foiled by the locals.
"The weather...most lovely...the glad carol of singing birds."
Justice's Wreath by Denniele Bohannon
Eagles don't sing but we love to watch them soar over the valleys after
a little fishing in the Kansas River.
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Justice's Wreath by Susannah Pangelinan
