Southern Hardtack

[archieclement]

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USS ALASKA

Does your source for the agriculture map that includes slave revolts have anything or sources on the revolts. It shows an 1850 slave revolt in Northeast Missouri that would be within counties of me. I've never came across anything about one, web search of 1850 slave revolt, or 1850 Missouri slave revolt shows nothing. It looks to be a little north of me, which in those counties slave numbers were fairly low.

Edited- there a slave rebellion website, however it shows none for Missouri
http://slaverebellion.org/index.php?page=maps

It shows this on timeline_
SLAVES ARM THEMSELVES AND MARCH TOWARD FREEDOM
1850
Thirty slaves in Missouri armed themselves and began marching toward freedom. They were surrounded, held out for a while and then surrendered.

However its such a vague reference without any location within the state to try to dig into...............

 

[USS ALASKA]

@archieclement

No sir, I'm not sure why that was even on the map.

As far as slave revolts go - I would imagine it would depend upon how you define 'revolt' and the ulterior motives of the one defining it. But this line-of-thought is WAY OT on this thread...

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USS ALASKA

 

[archieclement]

@archieclement

No sir, I'm not sure why that was even on the map.

As far as slave revolts go - I would imagine it would depend upon how you define 'revolt' and the ulterior motives of the one defining it. But this line-of-thought is WAY OT on this thread...

Cheers,
USS ALASKA

thank you, I've started separate thread to inquire about it, rather then derail this one

 

[TerryB]

It seems odd the North with all the corn it grew did not overly issue corn meal to its soldiers.

The invention of the reaper in the 1830s had an enormous effect on the war-making power of the north. It did the work of 20 men, freeing up 19 for service. Kansas and Nebraska grew the wheat and were the breadbasket of the Northern states. No need for cornmeal.

 

[John S. Carter]

As the blockade became more effective, less food would have came in as well. After the Mississippi River fell into Union hands, food from the Western Confederate states to the Eastern Confederate statrs would have nearly stopped. Also food stuffs transportation requires rail or ship transportation.

Inquiry ; Did the cities in the North have food riots as they did in the South? The women in Richmond actually took to the streets and attacked the bread stores forcing even Davis to come to quite the mop.It was not just the armies that were suffering but the population in general seemed to be enduring this. There does not appear in the letters from homes in the North and West that they were having to sacrifice as the home front of the South.Given choose in continuing to fight or desert return to aid their families esp.in the knowledge that the end was near ,would you fault them for leaving,each man had to make that choice ?