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A fugitive slave's 1859 escape shaped Illinois history (from http://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=0F91F87893794B04BF0392D521A5E67D&url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.effinghamdailynews.com%2fnews%2flocal_news%2fa-fugitive-slaves-1859-escape-shaped-illinois-history%2farticle_e5109f16-fb0b-11ec-8ff5-eb0668414bc9.html&c=11907552338151760632&mkt=en-us)
The tale of how residents of Ottawa, Illinois, helped a fugitive slave escape to freedom marks a transitional phase in the state’s history, experts say, but has been largely forgotten.