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This item is a letter to the United States Congress from the Wyandotte Nation. In this letter, the Wyandottes explain that Negro Slavery had been introduced into their territory West of the State of Missouri contrary to "the law which you have heretofore made."
Creator: Wyandotte Nation
Date: October 27, 1848
Item Number: 219795
Call Number: MS Collection 590, Indian History, Box 7, Folder Wyandotte
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 219795
Collections - Manuscript - Indian History
Date - 1840s - 1848
Government and Politics - Federal Government - Congress
Government and Politics - Federal Government - Federal agencies and programs - Agencies - Indian affairs
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
People - African Americans - Slavery
People - American Indians - Tribes - Wyandotte
People - Notable People - Big-Tree, Seneca chief
Places - Indian reservations - Wyandotte
Places - Other States - District of Columbia -- Washington
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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