The difference, of course, is that Missouri was a slave state. Free blacks sensibly preferred states where they didn't have to hold free papers. Harold S. Forsythe ----- Original Message ----- From: "Henry Wiencek" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2005 11:49 AM Subject: Re: Carter Braxton the Signer > Re: Why would free persons of color born in Virginia be in Hannibal, > Missouri in 1850? And when would they have come there? > > Not so unusual: think of the freed Hemingses who went to Ohio in the > 1830s. > > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions > at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html