"An Abolition Trick Exposed!" Eh?

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Title: "An Abolition Trick Exposed!" Eh?
Creator: H. Miles Moore
A.C. Bell
G.W. Dye
Frederick Starr
A.B. Hathaway
J.B. Wright
A. Milligan
George Leckenby
Henry Humphry
D.H. Stephens
Henry Kitchen
C.R. Moffett
R. Meek, Sen.
H. Gaines
J.W. Mackbee
James Woods
Z.D. Washburn
James Gibson
Description: This broadside was published by H. Miles Moore, a writer for the Weston Reporter in Platte County, Missouri, on August 12, 1854. Moore responds to B.F. Stringfellow’s accusations that he is a Freesoiler and “the secret tool of abolitionists.” He angrily denies the charges and claims to despise abolitionists. He includes a letter, signed by 17 other Platte County citizens, that accuses Stringfellow of publicly stating that “all who labor for their daily bread . . . are slaves” and “all females who labor for their daily bread are whores.”
Date: August 12, 1854
Local Subject: Bleeding Kansas, Bloodletting Missouri
African Americans
Women
People: H. Miles Moore
A.C. Bell
G.W. Dye
Frederick Starr
A.B. Hathaway
J.B. Wright
A. Milligan
George Leckenby
Henry Humphry
D.H. Stephens
Henry Kitchen
C.R. Moffett
R. Meek, Sen.
H. Gaines
J.W. Mackbee
James Woods
Z.D. Washburn
James Gibson
Geographic Subject: Platte County, Missouri
Object Type: Broadside
Owning Organization: State Historical Society of Missouri – Columbia
Location: Starr, Frederick, Jr. (1826-1867), Papers, 1850-1863; C2073: f. 5, Broadsides 1854
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