Landmarks Lecture Series: “There Were Lions in the Way: Enslavement & the Underground Railroad in MO & IL”~Julie Nicolai
Wed Sep 18, 2024 12:00 PM - 1:15 PM
Landmarks Association, 1805 S. 9th Street, St. Louis, MO 63104
Description
Date: September 18th, 2024, 12:00 PM
Speaker: Julie Nicolai, Author
Lecture: “There Were Lions in the Way: Enslavement & the Underground Railroad in MO & IL”
Synopsis: People enslaved here experienced the same horrors as those held captive in other states, and their stories of courage and perseverance are amazing. Priscilla Baltimore purchased her own emancipation and founded a freedom village. Caroline Quarlls escaped to Canada. Many who fled for their lives spent time bunkered in the basement of Hanson House. The region's Congregationalists brought a fiery brand of abolitionism. And Prairie Park still holds the faded "haint" blue paint traditionally used on slave dwellings. Author Julie Nicolai details these and other amazing stories.
Bio: Julie Nicolai is a local St. Louis historian and has been studying the Underground Railroad in Missouri, Illinois and Kansas for twenty-five years. She has a BA and MA in art history and archaeology from Washington University in St. Louis and has written articles for the Missouri Historical Society, New York Silver Society and the Morse-Libby Mansion. She is currently working on a book on the silver in the Missouri Historical Society's collections. She lives in St. Louis and loves to travel anywhere to experience the Underground Railroad.
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Join Landmarks Association of St. Louis for our lectures series, a diverse selection of talks covering the history, architecture, and culture of the St. Louis Region.
Lectures are at NOON on Wednesdays. With assistance from the Regional Arts Commission, all lectures are FREE.
Please register for each lecture individually. Seating is limited and will be first come, first served.
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DIRECTIONS AND PARKING
1805 S. 9th Street | St. Louis, MO 63104 (corner of 9th and Soulard)
From 64: -Take I-64 E/US-40 E -Exit 39A, 14th Street -Right onto 14th Street -Left onto Lafayette Ave -Right onto S 9th St -Destination will be on the right, after Soulard |
From 44: -Take I-44 E -Take exit 290 B to merge onto Lafayette Ave -Turn right/stay straight to continue onto Lafayette -Right onto S 9th St -Destination will be on the right, after Soulard |
From 55: -Take I-55 N -Use the 2nd from the left lane to take exit 207B-207C toward Truman Pkwy -Turn right onto Lafayette Ave -Continue straight to stay on Lafayette Ave -Turn right onto S 9th St -Destination will be on the right, after Soulard |
Front of Landmarks’ building, 1805 S. 9th Street
Free street parking is available along 9th and Soulard streets. Enter the building via the gangway on the north side (right-hand side of the building).
Location
Landmarks Association, 1805 S. 9th Street, St. Louis, MO 63104