John W. Jones was as ... Living in the north did not mean Jones had it easy. He could not vote. He still shared sidewalks with former slave-owners. When he asked to receive an education at the ...

Lincoln ordered General John ... the North committed to emancipation. Only then did the purpose of the Civil War expand from the mere restoration of the Union to include the overthrow of slavery.

Whether born slave or free ... owners before coming to John DeBree, the man from whom Minkins would eventually escape. Minkins survived the perilous journey North to freedom and made it to ...

That's why officials of the John W. Jones Museum in Elmira ... the organization to help another 800 runaway slaves gain their freedom. Jones did more than help escaped slaves.