Thursday, June 13, 2013

December 28, 1861---Copperheads promote Cottonheads



DECEMBER 28, 1861:      

 The Chicago Tribune, a “Copperhead” publication, reports that Black “apprentices” are to be brought into Missouri to grow cotton. Objections from anti-Black and Abolitionist sources soon bring this proposal to an ignominious end.


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