09/16/1859: Nigger Movement

Entry/Object ID

NP.0235

Collection

Newspaper Articles

Archive Items Details

Description

The Nigger Movement - The Lexington Express of this State, says rather lugubriously: “The movement of Nigger is Southward, and has been so since the very sound National made Kansas hopelessly Democratic instead of slavery. Every day this fact is the better proven. There is scarcely a county in this part of the State that has not its slave buyer; and what is more, they are purchasing quite largely for the Southern market. Just the other day, Mr. White, a trader, shipped no less than 40 slaves on the Asa Wilgus (a steam boat) and he did not, we understand, take with him all he had purchased in this market during the last few weeks. This it is that is yearly decreasing our adult slave population. On Tuesday last, Gen. Dorris, of Platte County, passed through this city bound Southward, with nearly 100 hundred slaves. We did not understand whether they were for sale below, or whether the General designed working them himself at the South. It is immaterial so long as the fact is that we lose the negroes.”

Date(s) of Creation

9/16/1859

Other Names and Numbers

Other Names

Name Type

Enslaved

Other Name

Unidentified Slaves

Name Type

Enslaver

Other Name

White, John R.

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Source Citation

Other Number

St. Louis Globe Democrat (St. Louis, MO, 1853-1963): 09/16/1859, p. 2

Copyright

Copyright Details

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Research Notes

Research Type

Researcher

Person

Bill Nichols

Date

7/6/2026

General Notes

Note

Platte County, Missouri

Note

1859.09.16 Dorris White Slave Traders St_Louis_Globe_Democrat_1859_09_16_2 copy.pdf

Note

BAAC workbook: 1839-(open) Newspaper Articles CatalogIt version.xlsx [Newspapers begun 04.16.26]

Create Date

September 2, 2026

Update Date

September 16, 2026

Name/Title

09/16/1859: Nigger Movement