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Overall, Missouri's slave population represented 10 percent of the state's population in the 1860 U.S. Census. But in Little Dixie, county and township slave populations ranged from 20 to 50 percent by 1860, with the highest percentages for the counties developed for large plantations along the Missouri river.
Felix & Odile Pratt Valle slave quarters, southeast corner of Merchant & Second Streets, Sainte Genevieve, Missouri. The history of slavery in Missouri began in 1720, predating statehood, with the large-scale slavery in the region, when French merchant Philippe François Renault brought about 500 slaves of African descent from Saint-Domingue up the Mississippi River to work in lead mines in ...
Early in Missouri's history, African Americans were enslaved in the state; [1] some of its black slaves purchased their own freedom. [2] On January 11, 1865, slavery was abolished in the state. [3] The Fifteenth Amendment in the year 1870 had given African American black men the rights to vote. [4] As of 2020, 699,840 blacks live in Missouri. [5]
This list of African American Historic Places in Missouri is based on a book by the National Park Service, The Preservation Press, the National Trust for Historic Preservation, and the National Conference of State Historic Preservation Officers. [1]
J. R. White from Fayette (the county seat of Howard County) was on the guest register at the Verandah Hotel in New Orleans in May 1850, [16] and "J. R. White, Mo." was at the Verandah again in April 1852. [17] In between, he placed a runaway slave ad seeking to find a six-foot-tall man called Bob who "had a great impediment in his speech."
Pages in category "African-American history in Columbia, Missouri" The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Second Baptist Church (Columbia, Missouri) Second Baptist Church (Neosho, Missouri) Second Christian Church (Columbia, Missouri) Simmons Colored School; St. Louis Colored Orphans Home; 2017 St. Louis protests; State of Missouri v. Celia, a Slave
Most lived on the Eastern Shore. One out of eight Black people in the state was free and the rest were enslaved in 1860. There were severe legal restrictions and terms of nonvoting, not testifying in court, not attending schools. Newly manumitted ex-slaves had to leave the state. However the same property laws were applied, allowing free Black ...