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William Harney Murdered a Slave. Why Is There a St. Louis Street Named for Him?

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On a June day in 1834, Major William S. Harney was looking for keys — and somehow became convinced that a woman he kept as a slave, Hannah, had hidden them. Three days later, Hannah died of injuries she sustained after being brutally beaten.…

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