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BRONZE PLAQUE HONORS COUNTLESS ENSLAVED BLACK AMERICANS INHUMANELY TRAFFICKED BY SLAVE TRADER BERNARD LYNCH

18 Mar 202618 Mar 2026

It is almost certain that few people who have walked this earth have been more callous, soulless, or greedy, than the infamous slave trader Bernard Lynch. Just this past Wednesday,…

Freedom Plaza Added to the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom

8 May 202512 May 2025

Freedom Plaza, which honors the hundreds of enslaved men, women, and children who sued for their freedom in antebellum St. Louis, has been recognized as an important addition to the…

The Hashtag #HandsOff Serves as a Unifying Force

3 May 20258 May 2025

The underlying purpose of this Foundation is as stated on our homepage: "Committed to sharing the stories of the St. Louis freedom suits and the long Black freedom struggle in…

Rescuing History: Rediscovering the St. Louis Freedom Suits

4 Jul 202424 Aug 2025

PRESIDENT’S NOTE It was almost eight years into my service of helping Judge Mason make the Freedom Suits Memorial a reality that I learned the amazing back story about how…

Ceremony for New Cemetery Monument for Dred Scott

6 Oct 202328 Dec 2023

This past Saturday, just two weeks after the 165th anniversary of the death of Dred Scott, his great-great granddaughter, Lynne M. Jackson, led a ceremony dedicating a new, fitting, nine-foot-tall,…