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NP.0733Collection
Newspaper ArticlesArchive Items Details
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Reprinted from the Platte City Landmark: “The Lafayette County Grand Jury has recommended the establishment of the whipping post.
Platte County would be rid of a lot of lazy negroes and trifling white people if the county had a good sturdy post and some one to swing a lash.
The working people of this state who are willing to try to earn a living are getting mighty tired of supporting a lot of lazy people in jails and places of correction.”Date(s) of Creation
3/26/1898Other Names and Numbers
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Free BlacksOther Name
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The Lexington Intelligencer (Lexington, MO, 1872-1949): 03/26/1898, p. 2Copyright
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Bill NicholsDate
7/6/2026General Notes
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Platte County, MissouriNote
1898.03.26 Whipping Post The_Lexington_Intelligencer_1898_03_26_Page_2.pdfNote
BAAC workbook: 1839-(open) Newspaper Articles CatalogIt version.xlsx [Newspapers begun 04.16.26]Create Date
September 2, 2026Update Date
September 17, 2026Name/Title
03/26/1898: Landmark Endorses Whipping Post
