Entry/Object ID
NP.0434Collection
Newspaper ArticlesArchive Items Details
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The prominent slaveholders of Buchanan and Platte Counties are willing and anxious to give up their negroes. The masters have been harassed about their chattels so much they are sick of the thing and many of them have signed passes for their slaves to cross over into Kansas.
(Researcher's note: Published by the St. Joseph Gazette on September 5, 1913, in the section titled "St. Joseph in Other Days - From the File - Fifty Years Ago".)Date(s) of Creation
9/6/1863Other Names and Numbers
Other Names
Name Type
EnslavedOther Name
Unidentified SlavesName Type
Free BlacksOther Name
Unidentified Free BlacksName Type
EnslaverOther Name
Not namedOther Numbers
Number Type
Source CitationOther Number
St. Joseph Gazette (St. Joseph, MO, 1860-1988): 09/06/1913, p. 4Copyright
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ResearcherPerson
Bill NicholsDate
7/26/2026General Notes
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Platte County, MissouriNote
1863.09.06 1913.09.06 Eman St_Joseph_Gazette_1913_09_06_4.pdfNote
BAAC workbook: 1839-(open) Newspaper Articles CatalogIt version.xlsx [Newspapers begun 04.16.26]Create Date
September 2, 2026Update Date
September 16, 2026Name/Title
09/06/1863: Fifty Years Ago - Emancipating Slaves
