Patty Cannon: The Serial Killer and Kidnapper Who Preyed on Free Black Families in 19th-Century America
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In the early nineteenth century United States, being legally free did not always mean being safe. For thousands of free Black Americans living in border regions, freedom existed under constant threat from kidnapping rings that supplied enslaved labor to the Deep South. Families could be settled, employed, and lawfully free, yet still vanish overnight. One […]
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