Episodes Around: 18270424

  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...