Editing Junction, Illinois (section)

===Crenshaw House===
The [[Crenshaw House (Gallatin County, Illinois)|Hickory Hill mansion]], almost five miles west of Junction, is the 19th-century home of illegal slave trader and slave breeder [[John Crenshaw|John Hart Crenshaw]]. It was infamously known as the "Old Slave House," as it was used as a criminal front for the kidnapping of free blacks who were illegally sold into the Southern slave trade on the [[Reverse Underground Railroad]], as well as a farm for slave breeding.<ref>Molly Parker, "[https://thesouthern.com/news/local/future-of-crenshaw-house-or-old-slave-house-in-question/article_40effc33-b49f-564e-a733-249c7324478d.html Future of Crenshaw House, or Old Slave House, in Question]," ''The Southern'', February 21, 2016.</ref>