{"id":968,"date":"2019-03-21T11:50:43","date_gmt":"2019-03-21T11:50:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/stampedes\/?p=968"},"modified":"2023-08-05T18:09:30","modified_gmt":"2023-08-05T18:09:30","slug":"database-report-hannibal-messenger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/stampedes\/database-report-hannibal-messenger\/","title":{"rendered":"Database Report -Hannibal Messenger"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_969\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/stampedes\/files\/2019\/03\/Screen-Shot-2019-03-21-at-7.49.29-AM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-969\" class=\"wp-image-969 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/stampedes\/files\/2019\/03\/Screen-Shot-2019-03-21-at-7.49.29-AM-300x114.png\" alt=\"Stampede article\" width=\"300\" height=\"114\" srcset=\"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/stampedes\/files\/2019\/03\/Screen-Shot-2019-03-21-at-7.49.29-AM-300x114.png 300w, https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/stampedes\/files\/2019\/03\/Screen-Shot-2019-03-21-at-7.49.29-AM.png 452w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-969\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hannibal Messenger, March 19, 1857 (Courtesy of the Historical Society of Missouri)<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mceTemp\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>Search Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Search conducted by Cooper Wingert between March 19-24, 2019.<\/li>\n<li>Keywords: slave and stampede.<\/li>\n<li>Totals: 3 hits<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Top Results<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In March 1857, the Hannibal\u00a0<em>Messenger<\/em> reported on a proposed railroad between Palmyra, Missouri and Quincy, Illinois, noting fears that &#8220;if a railroad connection from Missouri was made with that place [Quincy] we might expect a general stampede of all the negroes in the State.&#8221; (&#8220;Dr. Jeter&#8217;s Letter,&#8221; Hannibal\u00a0<em>Messenger<\/em>, March 19, 1857)<\/li>\n<li>In December 1859, the paper reprinted part of a letter from the postmaster of Emerson, located in northwestern Marion County, Missouri. He noted that &#8220;a day or two since a lot of negroes in this neighborhood were making preparations for a general stampede, but the scheme was detected before they got off, and their plans defeated.&#8221; (Hannibal\u00a0<em>Messenger<\/em>, December 6, 1859)<\/li>\n<li>The paper reprinted a widely circulated report of the <a href=\"http:\/\/hd.housedivided.dickinson.edu\/node\/5705\">Margaret Garner<\/a> case, describing &#8220;a stampede of slaves from the border counties of Kentucky&#8221; in late January 1856. (Hannibal\u00a0<em>Messenger<\/em>, February 2, 1856)<\/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-968 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><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-hannibal-messenger\/screen-shot-2019-03-22-at-12-07-24-pm\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/stampedes\/files\/2019\/03\/Screen-Shot-2019-03-22-at-12.07.24-PM-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Stampede article\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-975\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-975'>\n\t\t\t\tHannibal Messenger, March 19, 1857\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-hannibal-messenger\/screen-shot-2019-03-24-at-9-58-00-am\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/stampedes\/files\/2019\/03\/Screen-Shot-2019-03-24-at-9.58.00-AM-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Stampede article Missouri\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-980\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-980'>\n\t\t\t\tHannibal Messenger, December 6, 1859\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-hannibal-messenger\/screen-shot-2019-03-22-at-12-07-09-pm\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/stampedes\/files\/2019\/03\/Screen-Shot-2019-03-22-at-12.07.09-PM-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Stampede article\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-974\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-974'>\n\t\t\t\tHannibal Messenger, February 2, 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 Hannibal <em>Messenger<\/em>\u00a0is available to the public through the State Historical Society of Missouri&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/shsmo.newspapers.com\/paper\/hannibal-daily-messenger\/23619\/?odt=%2Bwpr6t9G%2BhZIS5Idrj55MA%3D%3D\">digital newspapers collection<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>The paper also reported on one of our key <a href=\"http:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/stampedes\/timeline\/\">timeline<\/a> events, the escape of a large family of slaves from St. Louis in July 1856. Although frequently referred to as a &#8220;stampede&#8221; in the press, the Hannibal\u00a0<em>Messenger<\/em> simply noted that &#8220;some nine negroes ranaway from Judge Walsh&#8230; in St. Louis. A reward of $1,500 is offered for their recovery.&#8221; (Hannibal\u00a0<em>Messenger<\/em>, July 19, 1856)\n<p><div id=\"attachment_983\" style=\"width: 354px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/stampedes\/files\/2019\/03\/Screen-Shot-2019-03-26-at-7.15.20-AM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-983\" class=\" wp-image-983\" src=\"http:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/stampedes\/files\/2019\/03\/Screen-Shot-2019-03-26-at-7.15.20-AM-300x88.png\" alt=\"Stampede article Missouri \" width=\"344\" height=\"101\" srcset=\"https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/stampedes\/files\/2019\/03\/Screen-Shot-2019-03-26-at-7.15.20-AM-300x88.png 300w, https:\/\/housedivided.dickinson.edu\/sites\/stampedes\/files\/2019\/03\/Screen-Shot-2019-03-26-at-7.15.20-AM.png 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 344px) 100vw, 344px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-983\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hannibal Messenger, July 19, 1856<\/p><\/div><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Search Summary Search conducted by Cooper Wingert between March 19-24, 2019. Keywords: slave and stampede. 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