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The '''Burkle Estate''' is a historic home at 826 North Second Street in [[Memphis, Tennessee]]. It is also known as the '''Slave Haven Underground Railroad Museum''' or the '''Slavehaven/Burkle Estate |
The '''Burkle Estate''' is a historic home at 826 North Second Street in [[Memphis, Tennessee]]. It is also known as the '''Slave Haven Underground Railroad Museum''' or the '''Slavehaven/Burkle Estate''. |
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Publicly, Mr. Burkle was a livestock trader and a [[baker]]. |
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Publicly, Mr. Burkle was a livestock trader and a [[baker]]. However, privately he was a ''conductor'' on the Underground Railroad.<ref name="train">{{Cite web|url=http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0126/p11s01-trgn.html?s=rsstr|title=This Train Traces the Route of Black Migration North|accessdate=2008-04-03|date=2005-01-26|author=Lorne Blumer|work=The Christian Science Monitor}}</ref> Many believe his home was the last stop in a series of Memphis homes connected by underground tunnels. The house included a small cellar used to hide escaping slaves.<ref name="missl">{{cite news|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/article412021.ece|title=Mississippi Learning|accessdate=2008-04-03|date=2005-01-23|work=The Sunday Times | location=London }}</ref> Slaves could then get on boats to take them upriver to other way stations in the free states north of the [[Ohio River]]. |
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Although the role of the home as a part of the underground railroad is still subject to debate,<ref name="memfly">{{Cite web|url=http://www.memphisflyer.com/backissues/issue419/cvr419.htm|title=The Persistence of Folklore|accessdate=2008-04-03|date=1997-02-27|author=James Busbee|work=The Memphis Flyer}}</ref> the house opened as a museum in 1997 and tours of the one-story, white clapboard house are available. The house is decorated with 19th-century furnishings and artifacts and served as part of the overall [[civil rights]] heritage of Memphis.<ref name="crash">{{Cite web|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-90478335.html|title=In Memphis, a Crash Course on the Civil Rights Movement|accessdate=2008-04-03|date=2004-02-01|author=Ruth A. Hill|work=The Record}}</ref><ref name="msn">{{Cite web|url=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15134609/|title=African-American Heritage in Memphis|accessdate=2008-04-03|publisher=MSNBC|date=2006-10-09|work=Frommer's}}</ref> |
Although the role of the home as a part of the underground railroad is still subject to debate,<ref name="memfly">{{Cite web|url=http://www.memphisflyer.com/backissues/issue419/cvr419.htm|title=The Persistence of Folklore|accessdate=2008-04-03|date=1997-02-27|author=James Busbee|work=The Memphis Flyer}}</ref> the house opened as a museum in 1997 and tours of the one-story, white clapboard house are available. The house is decorated with 19th-century furnishings and artifacts and served as part of the overall [[civil rights]] heritage of Memphis.<ref name="crash">{{Cite web|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-90478335.html|title=In Memphis, a Crash Course on the Civil Rights Movement|accessdate=2008-04-03|date=2004-02-01|author=Ruth A. Hill|work=The Record}}</ref><ref name="msn">{{Cite web|url=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15134609/|title=African-American Heritage in Memphis|accessdate=2008-04-03|publisher=MSNBC|date=2006-10-09|work=Frommer's}}</ref> |
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Established | 1997, built in 1849 |
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Location | 826 North Second Street Memphis, Tennessee |
The Burkle Estate' is a historic home at 826 North Second Street in Memphis, Tennessee. It is also known as the Slave Haven Underground Railroad Museum or the Slavehaven/Burkle Estate. Publicly, Mr. Burkle was a livestock trader and a baker. Although the role of the home as a part of the underground railroad is still subject to debate,[1] the house opened as a museum in 1997 and tours of the one-story, white clapboard house are available. The house is decorated with 19th-century furnishings and artifacts and served as part of the overall civil rights heritage of Memphis.[2][3]
See also
References
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- ^ James Busbee (1997-02-27). "The Persistence of Folklore". The Memphis Flyer. Retrieved 2008-04-03.
- ^ Ruth A. Hill (2004-02-01). "In Memphis, a Crash Course on the Civil Rights Movement". The Record. Retrieved 2008-04-03.
- ^ "African-American Heritage in Memphis". Frommer's. MSNBC. 2006-10-09. Retrieved 2008-04-03.
External links
- Information about the Slave Haven Underground Railroad Museum (Burkle Estate)
- Information from Memphis Travel
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