January 14, 1859.

Iowa, Slavery, & The Underground Railroad.

January 14, 1859 – The Webster City Lyceum debated: “Resolved that the legislature of an organized territory has full power to prohibit slavery within its limits”.

A Day-by-Day Calendar of Historical Events In Iowa, William J. Petersen, State Historical Society of Iowa, 1946, p 10

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