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“The Negro Exodus.” - Capt. (Washington T.) Woods, Sheriff of Platte County, was in the city a few days since, and from him we learned something of the negro stampede now going on in the lower counties. During the last 2 months the darkies have been leaving Platte County at the rate of about 30 or 40 per day.
By the census of 1860, Platte County had a slave population of 3,313 and our informant thinks that there are but 200 or 300 hundred left. From all portions of North Missouri we have like information. The slaves are leaving by day and by night. Few owners pretend to stay the exodus. Many pack up their ‘‘duds” and walk boldly off in broad day, while others quietly retire in the night.
Should the flight continue at the present rate, by the time 1866 rolls around, the slaves of the State will scarcely be worth counting."Date(s) of Creation
8/13/1863
