Iowa Civil Rights History
Discover Iowa’s role in the advancement of civil rights. Learn how landmark Iowa court cases, the Iowa Underground Railroad, Iowa towns like Buxton, and Iowa civil rights pioneers like Alexander G. Clark, Ralph Montgomery, Edna Griffin, and more guided the future of the state and the nation. We will look at how the nation’s path forward might be discovered by gleaning the wisdom of Iowa's history. For any questions or suggestions, please email Erick at iacivilrightshistorypodcast@gmail.com
Iowa Civil Rights History
From a Slave Catcher, To a Staunch Abolitionist - (James Jordan)
James Jordan's house is located at 2001 Fuller Rd, in West Des Moines Iowa it is one of the Iowa Underground Railroad houses that is still standing and was one of John Brown's freedom trails. The house was built and owned by James Jordan.
James Jordan was a Complicated man like most men of his time. He was born in West Virginia in 1813 and moved to Iowa in 1845, he was once a slave catcher and became an abolitionist he was a member of the Polk County Underground Railroad. He was an Iowa state lawmaker, also he was a federal lawbreaker, as he was breaking a fugitive slave act, also helping his friend John Brown to break the same law. He lived in this house until his death in 1893.
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