DEDICATION TO MY FAMILY FROM BOOK PIONEERS WITH PURPOSE
I want to dedicate this book, (which as closely follows actual facts as possible), to those gutsy, hardworking, patient, God and family loving forefathers and foremothers who dared to begin anew in a land filled with the mostly unknown, of hostile Indians, and prairie fires. I am so proud to be a part of the family who followed the dictates of their hearts and souls and guidance of the Bible to govern their lives and how they lived them. This is dedicated more specifically to the Campbell and Johnson families who left a lucrative living selling their Peach Brandy to New Orleans. For them it was necessary to leave their peach groves in Southern Missouri to save the lives of their immediate families from Separatists during the Civil War, who would insure they no longer assist the Slaves escaping from their Owners, who would pay for the death of those aiding them in their escape.
Though they
would never brag of their exploits or self-sacrificing acts of kindness,
feeling their actions were merely what any humane person would do, they
nevertheless had to leave a way of life they found comfortable to insure
another part of mankind could struggle to make a life which might be free from
slavery ….something they knew no man nor woman should ever have to endure.
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