Another Abolition Outrage

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Title: Another Abolition Outrage
Alternate Title: The Border War. Another Abolition Outrage. They Try to Run Off Forty Slaves. One of the Jayhawkers Shot.
Creator: J.H. McMurray
St. Louis Daily Bulletin
Description: The St. Louis Daily Bulletin printed this article on December 11, 1860, announcing that a party of abolitionists tried to steal forty slaves from Morgan Walker in Independence, Missouri. J.H. McMurray, author of the article, writes: "Walker told them to take the negroes, and commenced shooting. One of the gang fell dead on the steps; one was taken prisoner, and the messenger thought two others were killed."
Date: December 11, 1860
Local Subject: Guerrillas
Jayhawkers
African Americans
Bleeding Kansas, Bloodletting Missouri
Presidential Election of 1860, Secession, and the War's Commencement
People: J.H. McMurray
St. Louis Daily Bulletin
James Montgomery
Geographic Subject: Independence, Missouri
Jackson County, Missouri
Object Type: Newspaper Article
Owning Organization: Missouri Historical Society Library and Research Center
Location: Civil War Collection, St. Louis Daily Bulletin, B522
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