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KY’s Human Bondage

Follow these links to learn about human slavery in KY

Slavery in Northern Kentucky
Mason County, Kentucky slave pen
Slave Life of Virginia & Kentucky
Description of being “Sold Down the River”


Facing the Legacy of Slavery in America
The Reckoning
A Piece of Slavery’s Hidden Past
Mason County (KY) Slaves, Free Blacks, and Free Mulattoes, 1850-1870
Medallic History of Slavery
A History of Blacks in Kentucky:
From Slavery to Segregation,
1760-1891
1847 Kentucky Raid
Ex-Slave Narratives
Ex-Slave Narratives – Continued
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