For instance the infamous attic with torture devices and tiny rooms enclosed by bars that tourists were told is where crenshaw kept slaves was not portrayed accurately wagner said.
Crenshaw house attic.
The narrative tied to the third floor has long been that crenshaw kept slaves in the attic likely both those who worked grueling hours in his nearby salt operation and free blacks he kidnapped.
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The attic of the beautiful white home was allegedly fashioned into a.
Slavery s attic the old slave house atop hickory hill overlooking half moon lick and lower lick springs is one of the most popular tourist attractions in southern illinois according to its.
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The attic of the house was a torture chamber where crenshaw would shackle slaves into make shift cells and whip them.
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The crenshaw house was a station on the reverse underground railroad that transported escaped slaves and kidnapped free blacks back to servitude in slave states.
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Some slaves were kept in illinois for the excruciating work in the salt tracts owned by the home s owner john hart crenshaw.
Rumors of ghosts in the attic began in the 1800s but unbeknownst to locals the strange moans that they were hearing were actually from the very much alive slaves.
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