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(nee Spensley) On January 27 peacefully in Willow View Care Home, Anne, aged 85 years of Norton. Much loved wife of the late ...

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She was born into enslavement and escaped in 1849 via the Underground Railroad — network of places and people dedicated to helping those enslaved find their way to freedom — spent many years guiding ...