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February is Black History Month
Part 2: Black history in Galena, Jo Daviess County and the lead mining region
by Mike Jones
Posted 2/13/24
People are often surprised to learn there were enslaved people in Galena and elsewhere in Illinois, ostensibly a “free” state.
The fact is that slavery played a huge, …
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