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This letter, from the papers of Lucy B. Armstrong, addresses the rising tensions over the issue of slavery during the late 1840s. As the author of the letter explains, many feared that an effort was underway "by slaveholding missionaries and government agents to induce the Indian Department to expell" missionaries opposed to slavery in order to "deprive us of our religious rights."
Creator: Armstrong, Lucy
Date: January 4, 1849
Item Number: 219788
Call Number: Indian History Coll. #590, Box 7 Folder: Wyandotte
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 219788
Collections - Manuscript - Indian History
Community Life - Religion - Christianity - Methodist
Community Life - Religion - Missionaries - Methodist Episcopal Church
Date - 1840s - 1849
Education
Government and Politics - State Government - State agencies and programs - Agencies - Kansas State Historical Society
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
People - American Indians - Tribes - Shawnee
People - American Indians - Tribes - Wyandotte
People - Notable Kansans - Armstrong, John M.
People - Notable Kansans - Armstrong, Lucy Bigelow
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/219788
