"Lila": Life of a Missouri Slave

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Visit with “Lila” and learn about slavery on the Missouri frontier. 

Join us as Cultural Preservationist Angela DaSilva brings history alive during a historical presentation on slavery. Angela will present from a first person perspective, dressed in a traditional period outfit, to relate what slave life was like in the mid 19th Century.

This class is intended for Adults, school-age children and their families.

black and white picture of an African American woman in an 1800s cook's dress

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