In this episode I explore an article written and published by historian Charles E. Barnes in the Sunday Record on April 19, 1908 entitled 'Escaped Slaves Found a Safe Haven in Battle Creek Before the War'.  Charles Barnes was born in 1848 and grew up in Battle Creek.  He entered the newspaper business at a young age, and met many of the people he writes about in this article.  In the last few years of his life, he authored several detailed articles on local Battle Creek and regional history from the pioneer period.

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