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KC History: Small-Scale Slavery In Missouri

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Published February 17, 2012 at 11:53 AM CST

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Louisa and Harry E. Hayward. Circa 1858. Louisa was the slave nurse for Harry, who was seated in her lap. The image suggests the intimate and complicated relations that existed between slaveholding family members and their slaves.

Courtesy of the Missouri History Museum Phoographs and Prints Collectiojns, St. Louis.

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Listener Tom Pangborn sent us this photograph from an old family farm in the Hiawatha, Sabetha Kansas area, showing the farm owner, his wife, and what he assumes are three slaves.

Tom Pangborn

On Friday's Walt Bodine Show, co-host Monroe Dodd discusses the history of small-scale slavery in Missouri with Diane Mutti Burke.

Burke is an Associate Professor of History at UMKC, where she teaches course on the Civil War, Southern History and the history of early American women.

On the show today, we learn about her book On Slavery’s Border: Missouri’s Small-Slaveholding Households, 1815-1865.

COMING UP:
The National Archives at Kansas City will host Diane Mutti Burke on Wednesday, February 22 at 6:30 p.m. for a discussion of her book. Mutti Burke will be available to sign copies after the discussion. A 6:00 p.m. reception will precede the event. For more information or to make a reservation for this free event call 816.268.8010.

AN OPPORTUNITY FOR AREA TEACHERS:
Diana Mutti-Burke will be teaching a NEH Landmarks of American History and Culture Workshop for K-12 teachers this summer (June 24–29 or July 8–13). The deadline for local teachers to apply is March 1^st. For more information contact Mary Ann Wynkoop by calling 816-235-1631 or e-mail NEHBorderWars@umkc.edu. More info here.