| Source | WBEZ |
|---|---|
| Original Load Date | March 14, 2026, 7 a.m. |
| Last Updated | March 14, 2026, 7 a.m. |
| Original URL | https://www.wbez.org/religion/2026/03/14/chicago-black-church-history-quinn-chapel-ame-slavery-abolitionism-jim-crow-south |
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Black people in Antebellum America wrestled to secure and maintain their freedom
as America’s original sin of slavery pulled at the seams of the tapestry of the
Union.
In 1787, slavery was outlawed in the territory that would become Illinois. But,
in 1819, a year after lawmakers created the state’s...