The Amazing Life of Jeffrey Deroine: Enslaved Trader, Prairie Diplomat, and Missouri Settler
The Amazing Life of Jeffrey Deroine: Enslaved Trader, Prairie Diplomat, and Missouri Settler
Sunday, October 25, 2026 · 2:00 PM CDT · Kansas City Public Library Central Library · Kansas City, MO
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Author and historian Greg Olson discusses his new book, examining how Deroine (de-rō-NAY) embodied the complexity of pre-Civil War Missouri and defied expectations and stereotypes of enslaved people in the early 19th century.
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