Stories of Resistance

We are gathering stories of resistance to the institution of slavery in St. Louis and the region. This includes collection of wanted ads that provide insight into both slave ownership and the agency of the enslaved in securing their own freedom, and examination of the abolitionist movement, underground railroad, and other anti-slavery mobilization in and around St. Louis.

Spotlight: Esther's Escape of 1855

Spotlight: Lucinda Patterson: Housing Black Education

Pictured: St. Louis abolitionist and Underground Railroad operative, Reverend Moses Dickson, negative 1878; print about 1940–1970 (Digital image courtesy of the Getty's Open Content Program).