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Dorris Keeven-Franke
The last fugitive slave to be taken in Missouri was Archer Alexander. In March of 1863, his enslaver would attempt to recapture him. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://archeralexander.blog/2023/03/26/march-1863/
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://archeralexander.blog/2023/03/09/a-woman-in-the-shadow/
This episode is also available as a blog post: http://archeralexander.blog/2023/02/16/february-1863/
This episode is also available as a blog post: https://archeralexander.wordpress.com/2023/01/21/january-1863/
Archer was emancipated for “his important services to the U.S. Military forces.”which was announced on September 24, 1863. This episode is also available as a blog post: https://archeralexander.wordpress.com/2022/09/25/september-24-1863/
There has been so much written about Archer Alexander. Isn't it time we told the whole story? Recent research shares how much we have learned about who this man was. This episode is also available as a blog post: https://archeralexander.wordpress.com/2022/09/08/the-untold-story-2/ On September 24th, 2022 St. Charles and St. Louis will be honoring their hometown hero who represents all of the formerly enslaved in Washington, D.C.
This episode is also available as a blog post: https://archeralexander.wordpress.com/2022/09/05/5-september/
This episode is also available as a blog post: https://archeralexander.wordpress.com/2022/08/27/entry-8-date-27-august-1829/
This is the seventh entry, written on August 26, 1829 by William Campbell, of their Journey from Virginia to Missouri, with Archer Alexander. This episode is also available as a blog post: https://archeralexander.wordpress.com/2022/08/27/entry-7-date-26-august-1829/
This is the journey of Archer, being taken to Missouri by his enslaver James Alexander. This episode is also available as a blog post: https://archeralexander.wordpress.com/2022/08/25/25-august-1829/
This episode is also available as a blog post: https://archeralexander.wordpress.com/2022/08/24/entry-5-from-virginia-to-missouri/
This is the fourth entry in William Campbell's journal, dated the 23rd of August 1829, which tells the story of the enslaved Archer Alexander being taken to Missouri. This episode is also available as a blog post: https://archeralexander.wordpress.com/2022/08/23/entry-4-from-virginia-to-missouri/
From Virginia to Missouri, Archer Alexander is taken to Missouri. This podcast is William Campbell's entry for 22 August 1829. Made an early start, crossed the Warm Spring Mountain, lately improved by turn piking. Passed the Warm Springs where there were forty visitors and Hot Springs, where there were sixty. Were detained on the road by the oversetting and breaking of a South Carolina Sulky. We met in a narow place and he capsized and we had to help him refit before he could proceed;This episode is also available as a blog post: https://archeralexander.wordpress.com/2022/08/22/entry-3-from-virginia-to-missouri/
This is a podcast of my latest post on my Archeralexander.blog and shares Campbell's journal entry for this date in 1829, and Archer is being taken to Missouri. He is part of a caravan with his wife and children, and at least twenty five other enslaved people. This episode is also available, with photos of the places being described as a blog post: https://archeralexander.wordpress.com/2022/08/21/entry-2-from-virginia-to-missouri/
This episode is also available as a blog post: https://archeralexander.wordpress.com/2022/08/20/august-20-1829/
In 1829, a caravan started from Rockbridge County Virginia. In this caravan was Archer Alexander. This episode is also available as a blog post: https://archeralexander.wordpress.com/2022/08/19/archer-is-taken-to-missouri/
This episode is also available as a blog post: https://archeralexander.wordpress.com/2022/08/09/upcoming-events-on-september-24th/
This episode is also available as a blog post: https://archeralexander.wordpress.com/2022/08/05/abolitionist-william-greenleaf-eliot/
This episode is also available as a blog post: https://archeralexander.wordpress.com/2022/07/19/what-would-you-do/
Juneteenth or Freedom Day, is the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the ending of slavery. It was on June 19, 1865 that Union soldiers, led by Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger, landed in Galveston, Texas with news that the war had ended and that all slaves were free. Seventy-five years later, Archer Alexander is the second African American to be featured on a U.S. Postal Stamp commemorating the event.This episode is also available as a blog post: https://archeralexander.wordpress.com/2022/06/09/the-thirteenth-amendment/
Heroes are made, not born. Archer Alexander was a hero for his assistance to the U.S. Military forces...To also read Archer's story see https://archeralexander.wordpress.com/2022/06/05/heroes/
This episode is also available as a blog post: https://archeralexander.wordpress.com/2022/04/09/what-makes-a-hero/
This episode is also available as a blog post: https://archeralexander.wordpress.com/2022/03/31/free-at-last/
This episode is also available as a blog post: https://archeralexander.wordpress.com/2022/03/01/the-untold-story/
This episode is also available as a blog post: https://archeralexander.wordpress.com/2022/02/24/encyclopedia-virginia/
This episode is also available as a blog post: https://archeralexander.wordpress.com/2021/03/07/the-fever/