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Dec 2019
37m 42s

Kentucky Blood Feud - The Revenge of Bad...

Wondery
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The Civil War forced the warring families of Clay County into an uneasy truce. The Garrards, Whites, Howards, and Bakers found themselves allied as they fought for the Union. But the war brought new challenges: the Northern army destroyed Clay County’s salt mines in order to keep them out of the hands of the South, and the Emancipation Proclamation brought a ... Show More
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