The Landmark reports on a historic May 12, 1855, issue of the Weekly Platte Argus, Vol. 2, No. 52 (excerpt):
Phinehas Skinner offered for hire "four likely negroes, one man, one woman, and two boys."
Date(s) of Creation
5/12/1855
Other Names and Numbers
Other Names
Name Type
Enslaved
Other Name
Unidentified Slaves
Name Type
Enslaver
Other Name
Skinner, Phinehas
Other Numbers
Number Type
Source Citation
Other Number
The Landmark (Platte City, MO, 1866-1963): 06/17/1927, p. 4
