ST. LOUIS - Old Slave Road in suburban St. Louis could be getting a new name. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the Historic Preservation Commission in Wildwood is considering whether to ...

University of Missouri-Kansas City history professor Diane Mutti-Burke, who has written extensively about slavery in Missouri, says slave owners tended to have less than 20 slaves.

Missouri joined the Union on Aug. 10, 1821, becoming the nation’s 24th state. It covers 68,898 miles and the capital is Jefferson City. THE first Europeans to explore the territory that would… ...

This influx promoted slavery and aided in creating the conditions that later caused the Missouri Compromise between "slave states" and "free states" ahead of the Civil War, he argues.

While researching her 2010 book, “On Slavery’s Border: Missouri’s Small-Slaveholding Households, 1815-1865,” Diane Mutti Burke found evidence regarding Missouri’s early appeal in the ...

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Slaves were brought into Missouri when it was a territory and then later after it became a state. Individuals were born into slavery of both African lineage and mixed-race lineage.

Bullish (Video) The Missouri Compromise: Slavery, Congress, and the 1820 Crisis. Posted: February 24, 2025 | Last updated: March 19, 2025. The film discusses the historical context leading to the ...

Missouri Sen. Maria Chappelle-Nadal called for reparations for slavery on the Senate floor during a tax debate and criticized U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill's representation of black people.