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JACKSON, Mississippi in the 1840s: 1 through 3 of 3

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  1. Easy Money in the Slave Trade
    date 1843map JACKSON, Mississippitags African-Americans, Economy, Race-Relations, Slavery

    Nicholas Kinney, of Miller's Bend, Mississippi, was in a bind. His cotton crop had failed and his debts were quickly mounting. In an 1843 letter to his brother, who lived in Staunton, Virginia, Kinney proposed multiple methods to earn some quick money to satisfy his debtors. The most promising option was to begin actively engaging in the slave trade. Young healthy slaves could often...

  2. President Zachary Taylor addresses Cuban Filibuster Activity
    date August 11, 1849map JACKSON, Mississippitags War

    At the midpoint of the nineteenth century, several attempts by Cuban separatists, most notably Venezuelan native Narciso Lopez, to rid Cuba of Spanish rule caught national and international attention, though none were so public as the first during the summer of 1849. The first attempt for a Cuban filibuster invasion was openly advertised throughout the US; in New York, Baltimore, Boston and New York....

  3. Mississippi Convention
    date October 1, 1849map JACKSON, Mississippitags Law

    Many southern leaders, in particular the radical senator John C. Calhoun of South Carolina, felt the need for the South to unite in order to address the issue of slavery in the new territories. To that end, a by-partisan convention was held in Jackson Mississippi, the first day of October, 1849. The convention called on slaveholders to migrate southwest, increasing their voice in the region, though...