The 1860 Slave schedules generally do not list slaves by name only a list of age race gender for each slave owner. That is one of the great difficulties of black genealogy, we often hit a brick wall pre 1865 in finding out who is who. Many slaves took their owner's last name, many did not. Many changed names as it was convienent or neccessary. Run aways often used multiple aliases to avoid the law. Many ex-slaves worked for their former owners post war, particularly in Missouri where there was a significant number of black skilled labor that could not be readily replaced. This is one of the tenets of thought that slavery as a major economic system in Missouri was likely to disappear on its own anyway. It was getting increasingly expensive to feed, house, and care for what was becoming a more sophisticated and skilled work force that was often hired out or sub-contracted. With that said, recognize the black labor pool was very diverse in 1860 throughout the country, as well as, Missouri and we do well to not paint all with too broad a brush.

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