{"id":904,"date":"2019-03-07T20:21:07","date_gmt":"2019-03-07T20:21:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/stampedes\/?p=904"},"modified":"2023-08-05T18:09:50","modified_gmt":"2023-08-05T18:09:50","slug":"database-report-palmyra-whig","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/stampedes\/database-report-palmyra-whig\/","title":{"rendered":"Database Report &#8211;Palmyra Whig"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_907\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/stampedes\/files\/2019\/03\/Screen-Shot-2019-03-07-at-3.22.05-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-907\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-907\" src=\"http:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/stampedes\/files\/2019\/03\/Screen-Shot-2019-03-07-at-3.22.05-PM-300x173.png\" alt=\"Missouri Stampede article\" width=\"300\" height=\"173\" srcset=\"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/stampedes\/files\/2019\/03\/Screen-Shot-2019-03-07-at-3.22.05-PM-300x173.png 300w, https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/stampedes\/files\/2019\/03\/Screen-Shot-2019-03-07-at-3.22.05-PM.png 606w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-907\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Palmyra MO Whig, November 8, 1849 (Courtesy of the Historical Society of Missouri)<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Search Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Search conducted by Cooper Wingert between March 5-7, 2019.<\/li>\n<li>Keywords: slave and stampede, including variant &#8220;negro stampede.&#8221; The term &#8220;stampeding&#8221; did not yield relevant results.<\/li>\n<li>Totals: 8 hits<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Top Results<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In November 1849, the\u00a0<em>Palmyra Whig<\/em> provided detailed coverage of the sizable &#8220;negro stampede&#8221; near Canton, Missouri, in neighboring Lewis County. Some 27 &#8220;men, women and children&#8221; armed themselves with &#8220;guns, knives and bludgeons&#8221; and made their way towards freedom. When they were discovered near Canton, &#8220;an effort was made to take them, which they resisted.&#8221; After a slave who &#8220;appeared to be the master-spirit of the party&#8221; was killed, &#8220;the rest were taken without much trouble.&#8221; However, the paper warned slaveholders and readers in general to &#8220;keep a vigilant watch on their servants.&#8221; (&#8220;Negro Stampede,&#8221;\u00a0<em>Palmyra Whig<\/em>, November 8, 1849)<\/li>\n<li>A week later, the paper reported that &#8220;the leaders in the stampede have been shipped to St. Louis and sold.&#8221; (&#8220;The Lewis County Affair,&#8221; <em>Palmyra Whig<\/em>, November 15, 1849)<\/li>\n<li>In February 1854, the paper published the proceedings of a public meeting held in Fabius Township, Marion County, &#8220;that particular portion of the county which suffered in the recent stampede of negroes&#8221; in November 1853. The stampede cost the slave owners of Fabius &#8220;some $15,000,&#8221; the paper reported. &#8220;They have been wantonly, wickedly robbed of their property,&#8221; the column declared. (&#8220;Prompt Proceedings,&#8221;\u00a0<em>Palmyra Whig<\/em>, February 23, 1854)<\/li>\n<li>In October 1854, the paper reprinted a column from the Lexington, Missouri\u00a0<em>Weekly Express<\/em>, which reported that\u00a0&#8220;a stampede had taken place among the blacks in the neighborhood of Dover, [Missouri], and that it was suspected that whitemen were concerned in inducing slaves in that locality to leave their masters.&#8221; Local slaveholders accused &#8220;a party of Jewish peddlers&#8221; of providing the slaves with money and &#8220;maps, with the roads to be traveled marked out.&#8221; Several of the escaped slaves were recaptured after having crossed to the north side of the Missouri river, and one fugitive &#8220;resisted, and was shot before taken, but it is not thought to endanger his life.&#8221; (Lexington, MO\u00a0<em>Weekly Express<\/em>, quoted in &#8220;Runaway,&#8221;\u00a0<em>Palmyra Whig<\/em>, October 5, 1854)<\/li>\n<li>In October 1856, under the heading &#8220;Another Stampede,&#8221; the <em>Palmyra Whig\u00a0<\/em>complained about the &#8220;frequent departures of slaves for parts unknown.&#8221; Reporting on group escapes had become &#8220;a\u00a0sort of regular recurring duty imposed on the local press of this portion of Missouri.&#8221; The most recent &#8220;stampede&#8221; involved a free African-American named Isaac McDaniel, who &#8220;stole not only his wife, but some four or five other slaves in the neighborhood&#8221; of Hannibal, Missouri. McDaniel&#8217;s party also &#8220;stole a horse and buggy belonging to his wife&#8217;s master,&#8221; to effect their escape. (&#8220;Another Stampede,&#8221;\u00a0<em>Palmyra Whig<\/em>, October 23, 1856)<\/li>\n<li>Quoting the Lexington, Kentucky <em>Atlas<\/em>, the Palmyra Whig carried a column about\u00a0a &#8220;stampede&#8221; of &#8220;between forty and seventy negroes&#8221; from Kentucky. The incident ended after a violent clash and the recapture of many of the freedom seekers, along with a white college student who had assisted in their escape. (Lexington, KY\u00a0<em>Atlas<\/em>, quoted in\u00a0<em>Palmyra Whig<\/em>, August 24, 1848)<\/li>\n<li>In May 1851, the paper reprinted a column from the Maysville, Kentucky <em>Post-Boy,\u00a0<\/em>which noted that &#8220;during the past week a leave-taking fever has prevailed among the slaves in this section. On Sunday night a woman and three children, the property of Miss Weeden of our city, left. On Wednesday night, nineteen in one gang, left their owners in Lewis&#8230; From Nicholas several have also left within a few days.&#8221; (Maysville, KY <em>Post-Boy<\/em>, quoted in,\u00a0&#8220;Negro Stampede,&#8221;\u00a0<em>Palmyra Whig<\/em>, May 5, 1851)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Select Images<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-904 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/stampedes\/database-report-palmyra-whig\/screen-shot-2019-03-09-at-12-39-53-pm\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/stampedes\/files\/2019\/03\/Screen-Shot-2019-03-09-at-12.39.53-PM-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Missouri Stampede article\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-929\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-929'>\n\t\t\t\tPalmyra Whig, February 23, 1854\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/stampedes\/database-report-palmyra-whig\/screen-shot-2019-03-09-at-1-53-47-pm\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/stampedes\/files\/2019\/03\/Screen-Shot-2019-03-09-at-1.53.47-PM-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Missouri stampede article\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-930\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-930'>\n\t\t\t\tPalmyra Whig, October 5, 1854\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/stampedes\/database-report-palmyra-whig\/screen-shot-2019-03-09-at-1-57-41-pm\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/stampedes\/files\/2019\/03\/Screen-Shot-2019-03-09-at-1.57.41-PM-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Missouri Stampede article\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-932\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-932'>\n\t\t\t\tPalmyra Whig October 23, 1856\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><strong>General Notes<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The\u00a0<em>Palmyra Whig<\/em> is available to the public through the State Historical Society of Missouri&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/shsmo.newspapers.com\/paper\/palmyra-weekly-whig\/3934\/?odt=%2Bwpr6t9G%2BhZIS5Idrj55MA%3D%3D\">digital newspapers collection<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Coverage is missing from late 1853, when a major stampede on our timeline occurred from Marion County.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Search Summary Search conducted by Cooper Wingert between March 5-7, 2019. Keywords: slave and stampede, including variant &#8220;negro stampede.&#8221; The term &#8220;stampeding&#8221; did not yield relevant results. Totals: 8 hits Top Results In November 1849, the\u00a0Palmyra Whig provided detailed coverage of the sizable &#8220;negro stampede&#8221; near Canton, Missouri, in neighboring Lewis County. Some 27 &#8220;men, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":102,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[67],"class_list":["post-904","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-primary-sources","tag-primary-sources"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/stampedes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/904","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/stampedes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/stampedes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/stampedes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/102"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/stampedes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=904"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/stampedes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/904\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3099,"href":"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/stampedes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/904\/revisions\/3099"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/stampedes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=904"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/stampedes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=904"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/stampedes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=904"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}