Domestic Missionaries, Slaveholders, and Confronting the Morality of Slavery: Missouri v. James Burr, George Thompson, and Alanson Work, September, 1841*
This article revisits the 1841 arrest, trial, and conviction of three U.S. abolitionist missionaries, James Burr, George Thompson, and Alanson Work, who were accused in Marion County, Missouri of attempting to “steal slaves.” All three were linked to the evangelical Quincy Institute across the Missi...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2013
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Social sciences and missions
Year: 2013, Volume: 26, Issue: 1, Pages: 59-92 |
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abolitionist
missionaries
slavery
Underground Railroad
Missouri
B abolitionniste missionnaires esclavage Underground Railroad Missouri |
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