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The List of People Who Worked as Slaves in St. Cloud, MN

Here is what we know about who was working as slaves in and around St. Cloud, Minnesota, in the middle of the 19th century. According to Chris Lehman, there were 45 people working as slaves in St. Cloud at one point or another.

  1. Mary Butler
  2. Toddler Butler
  3. John Butler
  4. Chloe Topsail
  5. Ellen Topsail
  6. William Butler
  7. 2 men from Tennessee who drove 100 head of cattle to St. Cloud in about 1857 and then went back

Anybody who can, please add to this list. Also, although the list doesn’t group the names, the first 3 are a group, as are the second 3.

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