John W. Jones: The Runaway Slave Who Buried Nearly 3000 Confederate Soldiers...
In 1844, John W. Jones escaped a plantation in Vir... ...lave catchers, with four other men. He settled in Elmira , traded work for an education, and became a sexto... ...Canada. During the waning days of the Civil War, Elmira sprouted a prison camp for captured Confederate s... ...d a prison camp for capture...
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