From slavery to fortune in Independence
Images Courtesy of Iowa State University and Carlos Moreno
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David White, KCUR 89.3 FM
Independence, Missouri, was the door to America’s westward expansion in the 19th century. At its center stood Hiram Young, a formerly enslaved man who carved out a fortune, lost most of it, and whose influence on the region is beginning to spread.
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