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The Underground Railroad in Decatur County

The State Historical Society of Iowa's collections include county-level inventories of people and places associated with the Underground Railroad. The following have been identified as associated with the Underground Railroad in Decatur County:
Inventory of People
Freedom Seekers
Hutchins, SylviaKingston
Thompson, AndyDecatur
Slave
George 
Slave Owner
John McDanielno folder
 
Asterisk (*) indicates the individual has been researched by the Iowa Freedom Trail Project and a biographical form is on file at the State Historical Research Center in Des Moines.

For additional info visit the SHSI Underground RR in Iowa Collection online.

The above painting (click on it for larger view) By Charles T. Webber - Cincinnati Art Museum, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=20699526

Transcribed and formatted for Decatur County IAGenWeb by Conni McDaniel Hall, July 2020
 
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