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About Dr Richard Eell's House
Dr Richard Eell's House is a museum (Museums (general)) in Quincy. The address is 415 Jersey St, 62301-3924 Quincy. Up-to-date information is available on its own website, and you can reach it by phone at +12172231800. Just around the corner: Hotel Elkton (hotel, 22 m) and The Patio Restaurant & Lounge (restaurant, 25 m).
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- Museum › Museums (general)
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- Address
- 415 Jersey St
62301-3924 Quincy, USA - Phone
- +12172231800
- Website
- www.quincyundergroundrailroad.org
- terrell@ddrm.net
- Coordinates
- 39.93082° N · -91.40952° E
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Connecticut-born Dr. Eells was active in the abolitionist movement and is credited with helping several hundred slaves flee from Missouri. In 1842, while providing aid to a fugitive swimming the river, Dr. Eells was spotted by a posse of slave hunters. Eells escaped, but was later arrested and charged with harboring a fugitive slave. His case (with a $400 fine) was unsuccessfully appealed as far as the U.S. Supreme Court, with the final appeal made by his estate after his demise. His 1835 Greek Revival-style house, four blocks from the Mississippi, has been restored to its original appearance and contains museum exhibits regarding the Eells case in particular and the Underground Railroad in general.
Source: Wikivoyage, „Underground Railroad“ · authors per page history · CC BY-SA 4.0