Memory-1855, July 2

Telling the history of the Shawnee Indian Mission Historic Site

These webpages, interpreting and sharing the history of the Shawnee Indian Mission (SIM), endeavor to tell the wide and complex variety of stories of that place and the people who lived them. They are not bound by a single group or experience or perspective and have as their goal to tell those stories fully, including the less attractive truths. A useful History must be honest to the Past in its effort to educate and inspire.

To that end we welcome comments, and suggestions of additions, changes, and deletions for the webpages as long as they can be supported from the historical record.

New stories and materials from descendants of participants in the Historic Sites’ history are particularly appreciated.

Please contact us at SIMLibrary@fairwaykansas.org

Thank you and enjoy learning the Shawnee Indian Mission Historic Site rich history.

December 23, 2023

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Memory-1855, July 2

July 2, 1855.

Mr. Stringfellow, the most ulta advocate of pro-slavery propagandism in in the West, at the instance of the friends of the Administration, was elected to the Speakership of the House of Representatives; and the Rev. Tom Johnson, of Shawnee Mission, who enjoys the unenviable notoriety of having first introduced negroslavery into Kansas proper—long before the Territory was opened—was elected by the same influence President of the Council. It is said that his sons are provided for, also.

James Hedpath, The Roving Editor, or Talks with Slaves in Southern States. p. 335. Read the book.

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