Archer Alexander Burial Site at St Peter’s Cemetery in St. Louis, Missouri
A historic site in St. Louis, Missouri, a National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom listing, Archer Alexander Burial Site at St Peter’s Cemetery in St. Louis, Missouri is filed here for what the record attaches to it. NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad. The archive files it under dark history, Underground Railroad history and the Underground Railroad. The dossier holds 2 documented facts — a documented spine with no haunting reports attached. The site is open to visitors.
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Is Archer Alexander Burial Site at St Peter’s Cemetery in St. Louis, Missouri haunted?
No claims are filed here — the record keeps this place for its documented history, not for a haunting on file.
The record — long form
Archer Alexander is the kneeling — the 'Freedmen's Memorial' that's the Lincoln's feet, the 'chain breaking' that's the hand grasped. The 'unmarked' is the lost — the 'Common Lot 10' that's the hundreds buried, the '2019 found' that's the grave located. The '40 miles' is the fled — the 'St. Charles' that's the bondage left, the 'Eliot's shelter' that's the Provost's protection.
The 'photographs sent' is the modeled — the 'Florence sculptor' that's the face remade, the 'handsome farmer' that's the likeness chosen. The 'memorial coming' is the honored — the '140 years' that's the unmarked waited, the 'Mohler's design' that's the '26 raised. Alexander is the face — the 'first Negro' that's the monument's model, the 'unknown' that's the nation's kneeling man.
The file keeps Alexander: the memorial's face, the unmarked grave, the 40 miles, and the coming honor.
Archer Alexander is the archive's Missouri file — the face at Lincoln's feet.
Why this file matters
Archer Alexander is the archive's Missouri file — the monument's model in an unmarked grave.
A lot keeps its face — the file's suggestion being that Alexander's hold is the iconic: the 'kneeling man' that's the nation's image, the 'unmarked' that's the irony's depth, and the '2019 found' that's the honor late.
Two accounts on file
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CEMETERY
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NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.
The freedman’s grave—where the monument’s model rests.
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National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom listing
NPS Network to Freedom
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Government-registry discovery record, unique ID 46MO01, source row 709. Inclusion concerns slavery, freedom-seeking and resistance history; no haunting is inferred. City, coordinates and detailed history are not inferred from the name. The source Year Established field is not treated as year built/opened.
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Documented history
NPS includes this site in the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom. A documented site gives the file real substance; this entry is part of that record. The record holds it as fact — documented, not retold. 'Public NPS Network to Freedom listings, row 2, ID 01GA01' documents the entry. The date is part of the site's documented spine.
Verified historyNational Park ServiceArcher Alexander Burial Site at St Peter’s Cemetery in St. Louis, Missouri is documented on the National Park Service Network to Freedom for its role in the Underground Railroad. The site's documented history is the record the rest of the file stands on. It's verified history: the dossier's load-bearing detail. Sources including 'NPS Network to Freedom listing' carry the record. The detail belongs to the verified spine of the entry.
Verified historyNational Park Service
Sources on file
- 01Public NPS Network to Freedom listings, row 2, ID 01GA01National Park Service · government · A1
- 02NPS Network to Freedom listingNational Park Service · government · A1
- 03Underground RailroadWikipedia · encyclopedia · A4
Field notes & open questions
Government-registry discovery record, unique ID 46MO01, source row 709. Inclusion concerns slavery, freedom-seeking and resistance history; no haunting is inferred. City, coordinates and detailed history are not inferred from the name. The source Year Established field is not treated as year built/opened.