Episodes Located: ST LOUIS, Missouri in the 1820's

  1. A Slave Sues for Freedom in Missouri
    date 1827map ST LOUIS, Missouritags Slavery, African-Americans, Law, Migration/Transportation

    In 1827, the editors of The Genius of Universal Emancipation published a portion of a letter "from a gentleman in Illinois to his friend in Philadelphia" that relates the story of a slave that was brought from Illinois to Missouri. The slave, "there having been treated with cruelty" was afterwards taken and sold in Louisiana. This slave then "found his way", in a manner unclear, back to St. Louis...

  2. Tobacco booms in Missouri.
    date April 24, 1827map ST LOUIS, Missouritags Agriculture, Economy

    The expansion of slavery into Missouri had almost led to a Civil War in 1820, seven years later Northerners worst fears were confirmed with a report by Missouri leaders. The St. Louis Enquirer published an article that would soon be republished throughout the South trumpeting the success of tobacco crops in the newest slave state. The soil of Missouri was considered by planters of Maryland and...

  3. St. Louis branch of National Bank opens
    date May, 1829map ST LOUIS, Missouritags Economy

    By 1829, the National Bank had spread to Missouri, which was currently on the frontier of westward expansion. Unfortunately, the bank was closed down 3 years later when Jackson did not renew the bank's charter. The establishment of a national bank was an important step in the formation of a stable economy on the frontier (McCandless 95).

    The Frontier was not the only place where the bank...

  4. Missouri Convention
    date June 12, 1820 to July 19, 1820map ST LOUIS, Missouritags Slavery

    Southerners wasted no time after the completion of the Missouri Compromise to create a sound structure of government for the newest slave state. The 1820 Convention to establish guidelines for Missouri statehood consisted of 41 delegates, all but eight of whom were born in slave states or territories. The convention was organized with David Barton as president, William G. Pettus as secretary,...

  5. Initial State Elections of Missouri
    date August 28, 1820map ST LOUIS, Missouritags Law

    Missouri's first state elections were scheduled to choose a governor, a lieutenant governor, Congressional representative, and membership of both houses of the General Assembly. Following the contemporary national pattern during the 1820s' “Era of Good Feelings,' Missouri did not have opposing political parties. Virtually all adult, white males were Republicans, but the most powerful faction...