Slavery existed in St. Louis for 100 years under French, Spanish, and American rule of the city. Famous African American civil rights leaders such as William Wells Brown, Dred and Harriet Scott, and James Milton Turner were once enslaved in St. Louis.

Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site is proud to offer Slavery in St. Louis as a traveling exhibit to local schools, museum, libraries, and other cultural institutions. Using primary sources, individual stories of enslavement, and additional resources for teachers, this exhibit helps students connect with our city’s complicated history and how it has been remember (and misremembered) in the present.

This exhibit will be on view at The Griot Museum of Black History through July 13th.