On Slavery's Border: Missouri's Small Slaveholding Households, 1815-1865

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Anderson, John, 180 Anderson, William, 121, 182 antislavery, 6, 13, 24, 29, 47, 124, 144, 172, 176–7, 182, 224, 264–66, 282. See also abolition Appalachia, 5, 22, 199, 351 architecture, 20, 73, 328. See also housing Arkansas, 67, 147, 223, 289 Armstrong, Mary, 148, 184, 196, 212 Aron, Stephen, 20 Arrow Rock, Missouri, 103, 265, 284 Astor, Aaron, 305 Atchison, David Rice, 264 Atlantic world, 20 attorneys, 15, 22, 29, 36, 59, 64, 75, 114, 118, 130, 138, 172, 316, 321, 346, 375. See also professional babies, 39, 70, 72, 76–78, 120, 126–27, 157–58, 192, 196, 208, 215, 219–20, 241, 338, 344 Baltimore, Maryland, 99 banks, 255, 271–72 Baptist Church, 45, 85, 243, 245–48 Bates County, Missouri, 176, 292 Bax, Lieutenant, 277–78 Bell, Mary, 139, 194, 198–200, 217, 248, 259, 269, 301 Belt, Mary, 62, 78, 136 Benton, Thomas Hart, 126, 234 Abbot, James Monroe, 134, 140, 162, 183, 194, 274 Abernathy, Betty, 168 Abernathy, Joseph, 146, 180 Abolition, 3, 6, 13, 24, 28, 47, 126, 172, 177, 180, 193, 256, 259, 264–65, 279, 282. See also anti-slavery abortion, 184 abroad families. See slave families abroad marriage. See husbands; marriage; wives abuse of slaves, 10, 14, 79, 82, 128, 144, 146, 148, 160, 168, 183, 185, 187–88, 190, 193–96, 198, 201, 245, 261, 296–97, 306, 342, 360. See also murder; overwork; physical abuse of slaves; psychological abuse; rape; sexual abuse African Methodist Church, 199 Aga, a slave of Thomas Stratton, 127, 135–36, 161, 165, 183, 214, 219 agricultural organizations, 100–1 agriculture, 5, 9, 25, 49, 92–95, 98–108, 128–41, 240, 266, 304 Alabama, 26, 49, 325 alcohol, 236, 250–51, 255, 258 Alexander, Archer, 13, 223–24, 289 Allen, Hannah, 150, 154, 196, 211 Allen, Ruth, 190–91 Allen, W. C. Parson, 126, 248 Anderson, “Bloody” Bill, 272 Index 398 / index Bryant, Robert, 247, 289 Buchanan County, Missouri, 50, 61, 177, 273 Buffalo Creek, Missouri, 222 Buie, Daniel D., 169, 346 Burch, John, 46, 48 bushwhackers, 272–74, 276–79, 288–89, 295, 303 California, 32, 146, 279: gold fever, 32 Callaway County, Missouri, 47, 85, 163, 185, 223, 310, 312, 315 Camp, Stephanie, 256 Camp Jackson, St. Louis, Missouri, 270–71 camp revivals, 44, 202, 242–43, 249–50, 258 Canada, 28, 42, 176–77, 179–80 Canton, Missouri, 186 Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, 146, 206, 289 Carroll, Alcy Smith, 206, 222 Carroll, Matthew, 206, 222, 225, 241, 249, 262 Carter, John, 209–10 Casey, Harriet, 151, 189, 194, 249, 256 Catholic Church, 21, 205, 243, 246 Celia: a slave of Robert Newsom, 185, 189–91, 240 Censer, Jane Turner, 330 census, 4, 107–8, 188, 309 Central Clique, 234. See also politics Central College, Fayette, Missouri, 85 Chandler, Sarah, 30, 152 Chariton County, Missouri, 12, 108, 111, 116–17, 181, 188, 221, 254, 257, 259, 281, 288, 315–16, 351 Cheatham, David, 261–62 child abuse: slave, 183, 193–94, 201, 367; slaveholding, 79, 148, 172 child care: slave, 105, 109, 128, 135–36, 138, 207–8, 212–13, 242; slaveholding, 68, 105, 128, 135–36 child rearing: slave, 212–13; slaveholding, 6, 8–9, 54, 69, 76–92, 329, 331 childbirth, 77, 89, 137, 156. See also midwives children: slave, 7, 11, 12–14, 18, 30, 40–42, 73–75, 82–83, 89, 95, 109–115, 119–20, 125–28, 134, 138–41, 148, 150–52, 154, 156, 158, 162, 175, 177, 179, 183, 185, 188–91, 193–96, 198–203, 206–9, Benton Barracks, St. Louis, Missouri, 199, 228, 268, 293 Berry, Henry, 206, 214 Berry, Martha, 206, 214 Bingham, George Caleb, 236–37, 280 birth control, 77. See also babies; childbirth; children; mothers Black, William, 194, 250, 257, 288 Blair, Frank, 106, 271 Bleeding Kansas. See Border War; Kansas Territorial conflict; Kansas/Missouri border Bohannon, J. R., 46, 113 Bolden, Mary Martha, 182, 348 Bolivar, Missouri, 186 Bollinger, George, 131, 141, 155, 179, 209, 240, 255, 259 bondmen. See slave men bondpeople. See slaves bondwomen. See slave women Boone, Daniel, 22 Boone County, Missouri, 35, 41, 47–48, 85–86, 107, 109, 111–12, 122, 149, 179–80, 185, 234, 303 Boon’s Lick, 24, 33 Boonville, Missouri, 18, 121, 134, 169, 239, 264 Border States, 1–4, 26, 44, 56, 58, 95, 100, 233, 270, 287, 305, 325, 357, 367; mild/ benign slavery, 1–3, 6, 14, 124, 143, 164, 171–72, 196–97, 305...