A biographical subject left Missouri, ending twenty-four and a half years of residence there.

The evidence

• “I think I can speak advisedly on this subject. I was brought up in a Slave State, and lived, besides, in Missouri from the 15th of May, 1840, till the 22d of April. 1849, making twentyfour years and a half of my life in the midst of the curse of slavery, and, so far as Missouri is concerned, were it not for the curse of slavery, she could, in twenty years, be the Empire State, but it hangs as an incubus on her destiny. It is the vampire that feeds upon her vitals, and, like a funeral pall, enshrouds her in darkness.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/14-rock-county-ch08-janesville.md, PDF p. 543

  Butterfield, C. W., et al. The History of Rock County, Wisconsin: its early settlement, growth, development, resources, etc. Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1879. Cornell University Library via the Internet Archive, archive.org/details/cu31924028871585.

  Grade A: Found on a page of one of our sources