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William Wells Brown, born into slavery near Lexington, Kentucky, embarked on a remarkable journey to freedom and activism. The son of a slave mother and an unacknowledged white father, Brown escaped at around age 20 and dedicated his life to the abolitionist cause. Working as a steamboatman and a conductor on the Underground Railroad in Buffalo, New York, he became a prominent lecturer for the Western New York Anti-Slavery Society, standing alongside figures like Frederick Douglass. In 1849, he traveled to Europe to rally British support for the anti-slavery movement, returning in 1854 after ...

Join lifelong Elginite Sharry Blazier for a weekly journey through Elgin, IL. Featuring stories, songs, memories, and anecdotes about this quintessential Midwestern town that's too small to be a city and too big to be a town.