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… ...

SLAVERY IN MISSOURI. Share full article. Jan. 23, 1862. Credit... The New York Times Archives. See the article in its original context from January 23, 1862, Page 4 Buy Reprints. View on timesmachine.

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 ...

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 ...

Celia Newsom, a former Missouri slave woman executed for killing her master in 1855, was one of 16 individuals to receive a pardon from Parson before his term ends in January. The pardon comes ...

His book is regarded as the first history of the city, and an 1855 map of Westport drawn by Spalding hangs on the fifth floor of the Central Library in the Missouri Valley Room. Spalding’s 1855 ...

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.

Some determined Wildwood, Missouri, residents are once again pushing for the renaming of Old Slave Road, a street in west St. Louis County. (Photo: Screenshot/YouTube.com) ...

Descendants of the enslaved Black people who built St. Louis University, located in St. Louis, Missouri, calculated that they were owed up to $74 billion in unpaid labor.

People quietly chatter as a video of a jazz club plays out loud. Photography covers most of the walls. It’s all part of a showcase by the Public Humanities lab Memory for the Future based out of ...

Celia Newsom, a former Missouri slave woman executed for killing her master in 1855, was one of 16 individuals to receive a pardon from Parson before his term ends in January. The pardon comes ...