Forgotten no more: First slave freed by Abraham Lincoln in Illinois now being honored
Memorials in Pekin and Peoria, Illinois, now remember Nance Legins-Costley and teach her once-forgotten legacy with Abraham..
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Memorials in Pekin and Peoria, Illinois, now remember Nance Legins-Costley and teach her once-forgotten legacy with Abraham..
Nance Legins-Costley's final resting place is marked with no honor. Decades ago, her graveyard in Peoria, Illinois, was paved over..