Celebrate Black Iowa History: Charlotta Pyles was an abolitionist and worked to get her family and others to freedom. "Many a slave, coming from Kemtucky, Tennessee, and Missouri, found at the gateway into Iowa an enthusiastic member of their own race in the person of Grandma Pyles. She recieved them into her own home, and...helped them make their escape to Canada." - from Mrs. Lawrence C. Jones, "The Desire for Freedom," Palimpsest 8 9 may 1927) 159-162. learn more about Iowa's Underground Railroad: https://blackiowa.org/history-adventures-online.../
