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Historians at the Wornall Majors House Museums in south Kansas City have uncovered hundreds of names of enslaved people who lived in Jackson County, Missouri — a discovery years in the making that is now being preserved in a new living database.
Wornall Majors House Museums uncover hundreds of names of enslaved people in Jackson County, Missouri
The Wornall House, built in 1858, was once part of a 500-acre farmstead on the frontier. Executive Director and Curator Sarah Bader-King has spent years researching the history of enslavement connected to the site and surrounding county…