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EPISODE · Aug 31, 2022 · 29 MIN

From slavery to fortune in Independence

from A People's History of Kansas City · host Carlos Moreno, Suzanne Hogan, Paris Rex Norvell

Independence, Missouri, was the door to America’s westward expansion in the 19th century. At its center stood Hiram Young, a formerly enslaved man who carved out a fortune, lost most of it, and whose influence on the region is beginning to spread.

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