The Confluence (2009-2020)
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Abstract
When the crisis in Kansas over allowing—or banning—slavery in the territory erupted in 1854, it became a symbol of the cause for both southerners and northern abolitionists. Noted abolitionist Thomas Wentworth Higginson traveled to Kansas in 1856. On his way, he stopped in St. Louis and visited a slave auction. Kenneth Winn introduces Higginson’s account, reprinted here.
Recommended Citation
Winn, Kenneth H.
(2017)
"A New England Abolitionist Visits a St. Louis Slave Trader,"
The Confluence (2009-2020): Vol. 9:
Iss.
1, Article 5.
Available at:
https://digitalcommons.lindenwood.edu/confluence_2009/vol9/iss1/5