Slavery /tags/slavery Slavery en-US Copyright © 2024 Wed, 12 Feb 2025 16:28:06 GMT Artifacts including 1819 ‘Slave badge’ come to Lincoln Museum /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2025-02-12/artifacts-including-1819-slave-badge-come-to-lincoln-museum Artifacts from enslavement and the story of Robert Smalls are featured at Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum. Wed, 12 Feb 2025 16:28:06 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2025-02-12/artifacts-including-1819-slave-badge-come-to-lincoln-museum Danny Wicentowski Black St. Louisans furious over racist texts saying they’ve been 'selected to pick cotton' /race-identity-and-faith/2024-11-08/black-st-louisans-racist-texts-pick-cotton Across the nation, Black people have received racist text messages saying they have been “selected to pick cotton.” Black St. Louisans are furious about the texts, including St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones, whose son received one. Fri, 08 Nov 2024 19:50:13 GMT /race-identity-and-faith/2024-11-08/black-st-louisans-racist-texts-pick-cotton Andrea Y. Henderson Exhibits about slavery in St. Louis and the enslaved who fought it are on display downtown /race-identity-and-faith/2024-09-03/exhibits-about-slavery-in-st-louis-and-the-enslaved-who-fought-it-are-on-display-downtown Two archival exhibits to help St. Louisans better understand the city’s role in slavery are coming to the Civil Courts building in downtown St. Louis beginning Tuesday. People can learn about the city’s racist past through historical artifacts, stories from the enslaved and lesser-known freedom suits court pleadings. Tue, 03 Sep 2024 10:00:00 GMT /race-identity-and-faith/2024-09-03/exhibits-about-slavery-in-st-louis-and-the-enslaved-who-fought-it-are-on-display-downtown Andrea Y. Henderson A push to mark the buried history of 'harrowing' slave prisons near Busch Stadium /culture-history/2024-06-13/st-louis-historic-slave-pen-markers-cardinals-busch-stadium 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. Thu, 13 Jun 2024 10:00:00 GMT /culture-history/2024-06-13/st-louis-historic-slave-pen-markers-cardinals-busch-stadium William 'Rocky' Kistner Student leaders at SLU call for the university to reconcile its history of slavery /race-identity-and-faith/2024-05-14/st-louis-university-student-government-slavery-reparations St. Louis University's student government unanimously passed a resolution urging the school to address its history of slavery and compensate descendants for long-standing harm. Tue, 14 May 2024 10:00:00 GMT /race-identity-and-faith/2024-05-14/st-louis-university-student-government-slavery-reparations Andrea Y. Henderson City of Belleville stepping up efforts to restore anti-slavery activist Koerner’s home /culture-history/2023-08-22/city-of-belleville-stepping-up-efforts-to-restore-anti-slavery-activist-koerners-home Progress on the massive restoration project at the Gustave Korner House in Belleville has been slow and challenging, but community leaders are looking toward the city for help. Mon, 13 Nov 2023 11:00:00 GMT /culture-history/2023-08-22/city-of-belleville-stepping-up-efforts-to-restore-anti-slavery-activist-koerners-home Teri Maddox National Park Service adds three St. Louis sites to Underground Railroad network /culture-history/2023-10-10/national-park-service-adds-three-st-louis-sites-to-underground-railroad-network Three St. Louis-area locations have been added to the National Park Service's National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom for their connections to enslaved people. Tue, 10 Oct 2023 21:08:55 GMT /culture-history/2023-10-10/national-park-service-adds-three-st-louis-sites-to-underground-railroad-network Chad Davis 'Eliza' imagines life of woman enslaved, and freed, by prominent St. Louis family /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2023-07-26/eliza-imagines-life-of-woman-enslaved-and-freed-by-prominent-st-louis-family “Eliza” is a historical short film based on the life of Eliza Rone, a woman enslaved, and eventually emancipated, by the prominent Campbell family in 19th century St. Louis. Wed, 26 Jul 2023 20:23:47 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2023-07-26/eliza-imagines-life-of-woman-enslaved-and-freed-by-prominent-st-louis-family Ulaa Kuziez ‘Now it never will be forgotten’: Illinois' New Philadelphia becomes a national park /culture-history/2023-05-19/now-it-never-will-be-forgotten-illinois-new-philadelphia-becomes-a-national-park New Philadelphia, a small Pike County, Illinois, town rich in history, is making headlines nearly 200 years after it was founded. It made a name for itself in 1836 when it became the first town legally registered and platted by a formerly enslaved person. Recently, the town site became the nation’s 424th national park. Fri, 19 May 2023 10:00:00 GMT /culture-history/2023-05-19/now-it-never-will-be-forgotten-illinois-new-philadelphia-becomes-a-national-park Marissanne Lewis-Thompson St. Louis memorial to honor enslaved Missourians who sought freedom through lawsuits /race-identity-and-faith/2022-06-17/st-louis-memorial-to-honor-enslaved-missourians-who-sought-freedom-through-lawsuits St. Louis will pay homage to hundreds of enslaved Black Missourians who fought for their freedom with the help of local lawyers, jurors and judges. Their lawsuits filed in the 1800s are known as “freedom suits.” Fri, 17 Jun 2022 10:00:00 GMT /race-identity-and-faith/2022-06-17/st-louis-memorial-to-honor-enslaved-missourians-who-sought-freedom-through-lawsuits Andrea Y. Henderson