Duncan, If you doubt there was slavery in Arkansas here are just three of the links out there: http://www.oldstatehouse.com/exhibits/virtual/slave_narratives.asp http://www.arkansasheritage.com/people_stories/africanamericans/ http://www.pbs.org/wnet/slavery/timeline/1863.html Lainee At 10:37 AM 3/18/2006, you wrote: >Please send me an application, too. So happy to have found my way into Free >Soil country, and out of the slaveholder counties on the other lines of the >family.... > >Duncan Wall >50 Ancient Way >Yarmouth Port, MA >02675-1201 > >508-362-3359 >_WallDuncan@AOL.COM_ (mailto:WallDuncan@AOL.COM)