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Abolitionists in Missouri

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"Huck Finn and Jim" Lithograph by Thomas Hart Benton, Missouri State Historical Society

Two Kinds… Although there were people in Missouri throughout the pre-Civil War period who abhorred the institution of slavery, those who advocated its abolition were a minority.  Their views were bitterly opposed and often suppressed by the irate proslavery forces.  There were two kinds of abolitionists:  (1) those who only advocated ending the system and (2) those who acted illegally to spirit slaves away.  The Missouri slaveholder did not discriminate between the two and considered the first as bad as the second.  …Among Three Groups Abolitionists in Missouri can be classified into three groups:  (1) certain…

Liquor 1853.03.01 Summons to 9 Witnesses for March 14, 1853 Floersch

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Gambling 1851.09.27 Grand Jury Decision Permitting Gambling from Floersch Circuit Court 1851 scans

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John Floersch Charged for Selling Liquor to Slaves

Filed Sept 10, 1851 Ira Norris, Clerk The State vs. John Floersch Dealing with Slaves Selling liquor on July 1, 1851 to a slave - without consent of their owner! One has to wonder if in a tragic irony this is ahead of any Independence Day celebration on the 4th. Witnesses James Serrat John Quermott John Heed… Luther State of Missouri County of Platte In the Circuit Court September Tenth 1851 Platte County to wit: The Grand Jury?? For the state of Missouri for the Body of the County of Platte, aforesaid, Upon this oath present…