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Built in 1852, the 'Mayhew Cabin and Historic Village' in Nebraska City, Nebraska is the only National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom site in Nebraska officially recognized by the National Park Service.[1]
The cabin was home to Allen Mayhew and Barbara Kagi Mayhew in 1854. Barbara’s brother, John Henri Kagi, spent time with abolitionist John Brown in 1856 and eventually became the secretary of war in Brown’s army. He utilized his sister’s farm just outside of Nebraska City as a stop on the Underground Railroad.[2]
The "cave" was reportedly a dugout room underneath the main cabin with access only from a nearby ravine. Runaway slaves would cross the Missouri River from the state of Missouri, a slave state, into Nebraska, a free state. There they would hide in the cave until the coast was clear.[3]
Edward Mayhew, the oldest son of Allen and Barbara, wrote of an instance in 1859 when Kagi brought 14 blacks to the cabin and his sister fed them a breakfast of cornbread. A year later, John Kagi helped John Brown carry out the raid of the arsenal at Harper's Ferry, aimed at obtaining weapons for a slave uprising. Kagi was shot to death during the raid at the age of 24.
For years, the site of the cabin was known as 'John Brown's Cave', but there is no evidence that John Brown himself was ever there.
The Mayhew Cabin & Historic Village was rehabilitated in 2005, and is today home to the Mt. Zion African Methodist Church, one of the first black churches built west of the Missouri River.[4]
★ History of slavery in Nebraska
★ Nebraska Territory
1. (nd)Mayhew Cabin. NebraskaStudies.Org website
2. Mayhew Cabin and Historic Village website.
3. John Brown's Cave
4. About Nebraska City: Mayhew Cabin
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The cabin was home to Allen Mayhew and Barbara Kagi Mayhew in 1854. Barbara’s brother, John Henri Kagi, spent time with abolitionist John Brown in 1856 and eventually became the secretary of war in Brown’s army. He utilized his sister’s farm just outside of Nebraska City as a stop on the Underground Railroad.[2]
The "cave" was reportedly a dugout room underneath the main cabin with access only from a nearby ravine. Runaway slaves would cross the Missouri River from the state of Missouri, a slave state, into Nebraska, a free state. There they would hide in the cave until the coast was clear.[3]
Edward Mayhew, the oldest son of Allen and Barbara, wrote of an instance in 1859 when Kagi brought 14 blacks to the cabin and his sister fed them a breakfast of cornbread. A year later, John Kagi helped John Brown carry out the raid of the arsenal at Harper's Ferry, aimed at obtaining weapons for a slave uprising. Kagi was shot to death during the raid at the age of 24.
For years, the site of the cabin was known as 'John Brown's Cave', but there is no evidence that John Brown himself was ever there.
The Mayhew Cabin & Historic Village was rehabilitated in 2005, and is today home to the Mt. Zion African Methodist Church, one of the first black churches built west of the Missouri River.[4]
See also
★ History of slavery in Nebraska
★ Nebraska Territory
References
1. (nd)Mayhew Cabin. NebraskaStudies.Org website
2. Mayhew Cabin and Historic Village website.
3. John Brown's Cave
4. About Nebraska City: Mayhew Cabin
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