Description
“Voluntary Emancipation.” - - The work of immediate emancipation, by owners voluntarily setting their slaves free, is going forward quite extensively in Platte County.
Yesterday, N. J. (Nelson J.) Alexander, Esq., residing near Weston, liberated 8 of his negroes. His wife had all their clothing washed and put in order; Mr. A. (Alexander) furnished them with transportation and funds, to meet incidental expenses, and provisions to last them until next Spring. We fear that these negroes will never find a home such as they had in the family of their late master and mistress. Mr. Joseph Pence informs us that he shall do the same with his slaves as Mr. Alexander has, and that they are only waiting to hear from Kansas, before taking up their line of march. Large numbers of slaves, we learn, have been liberated in this manner in different parts of the county. A gentleman informed us that some 50 had been set free and started for Kansas, in one day, in his neighborhood. - Platte County Sentinel, Sept. 24.
(Researcher's note: The Platte County Sentinel was a weekly newspaper published in Weston, Missouri, during the Civil War era from 1861 to 1864.)Date(s) of Creation
10/5/1863
