Cape County Archive director creates index for former slave narratives
Thursday, April 1, 2021 ~ Updated 10:03 PM
Inspired by a phone call she received by a researcher wanting more information about an ancestor who was enslaved in Cape Girardeau County, archive center director Marybeth Niederkorn is working to make it easier to find information about former slaves in the county.
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