The Old Slave House has stood for some 166 years a few miles east of the village of Equality, Illinois. An antebellum plantation manor, it's long held the history of nefarious activities in its attic, stories of kidnappings and victims held against their will. It's been recognized for its ghosts — some say it's one of the most haunted places in America. It's been recognized for its architecture. That's why it's on the National Register of Historic Places and in September 2004, the National Park Service recognized it for its history as a station on the Reverse Underground Railroad by naming it to its National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom program. Slaves, Salt, Sex & Mr. Crenshaw is the result of eight years of research into the real history behind the stories long told to visitors, from the kidnappings and slave breeding to the visit of Abraham Lincoln and the potent political connections, both real and those just claimed, held by the owner John Hart Crenshaw and his family. This hardcover edition is an expanded and revised version of the book with more than 66 photographss, more Crenshaw and Taylor genealogy, plus a new timeline about the house.
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"...Jon Musgrave has performed an outstanding service to this country exposing the atrocities of the Reverse Underground Railroad system..." --Dr. Glenn Poshard, Ph.D., former U.S. Representative
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A historian active in the effort to preserve the Old Slave House, Jon Musgrave joined with fellow area historians Ron Nelson and Gary DeNeal in the fall of 1996 to research the real history of this much misunderstood historic site. Musgrave's efforts continued for eight years and cumulated with Slaves, Salt, Sex & Mr. Crenshaw. Unknown when he started researching the site, nine months into the research he discovered his own family relationship to the original owner of this antebellum kidnapping station. When not researching and writing about Southern Illinois' history, Musgrave sells real estate in Marion, and has recently been appointed to Illinois' new Amistad Commission to study how the history of slavery is taught in the state's public schools.
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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
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Poorly written and edited,
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This review is from: Slaves, Salt, Sex & Mr. Crenshaw: The Real Story of the Old Slave House and America's Reverse Underground R.R. (Hardcover)
This has to be one of the most poorly written and edited books that I have ever read. What could have been an excellent story was rambling, disjointed and riddled with mistakes in spelling and grammar. The information that the book contained could probably been edited down into a magazine article and would have made much more sense. Save your money.
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This review is from: Slaves, Salt, Sex & Mr. Crenshaw: The Real Story of the Old Slave House and America's Reverse Underground R.R. (Hardcover)
The overall concept of the book is fine but it is simply un-readable. It is filled with rambling tangents, copious typos, and barely a page goes by without a sentence fragment or run on. Several hundred pages into it, the point of the book begins to emerge, but it is never developed. Many of this author's sources come from websites, e-mails, and personal communications, which betrays how sloppy this book is. If you enjoy local history there are a few pages in this book that are interesting. If you like academic rigor and the written conventions of the English language, look elsewhere.
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The Old Slave House--Slaves, Salt, Sex & Mr. Crenshaw,
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This review is from: Slaves, Salt, Sex & Mr. Crenshaw: The Real Story of the Old Slave House and America's Reverse Underground R.R. (Hardcover)
Excellent book. Superbly researched. Detailed accounts and documentation of the history of the Old Slave House in Southern Illinois. As a native of this area I grew up with the stories and lore of this historic site. I was happy to read this book and I appreciate the years of diligent effort Mr. Musgrave and his associates put into accomplishing this work. The Old Slave House is a building that is not only important to Illinois history, but also important to U.S. history because it is one of only a few remaining buildings that was specifically dedicated to the business of capturing and holding runaway slaves. The story of Mr. Crenshaw, the salt mines, the captured freedmen and runaway slaves is a sordid and horrific tale, but the history should be preserved and told. Kudos for Mr. Musgrave and his associates.
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