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Slavery in Nebraska and County Government Notices
Nebraska history notes describe slavery in the territory with early census counts and actions by lawmakers. The 1860 legislature debated abolition, with a notable sale of enslaved people in Nebraska City, then a 1966 Polk County board session listing claims and personnel for general, emergency relief, road and bridge funds in Osceola.
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Nebraska
Nebraska State Historical Society
Kansas
Nebraska Territory
South
Richardson County
Otoe County
Virginia
Missouri
Nebraska City
Missouri River
Iowa
Niobrara
Ft. Kearny
Territorial
Black
C. J. Holly
William H. Hail
Hercules
Martha
Osceola
Board of County Commissioners
Polk County
General Fund
Donna Marie Anderson
M. R. Anderson
Coral Boden
Bricker
Donald Dahlin
Hilding Dahlin
Dorothy Fjell
Dale Frizzell
Vivian R. Funk
Gambles
G. A. Hartman & Sons
Roy E. Horst
J. Homer Ingalls
JoAnn Louise Johansen
Johnson & Moyer Ins
Carl R. H. Johnson
Eldon A Johnson
Lincoln Tel. & Tel. Co
Delores Lindblade
Jim Majors
Monroe
Nebraska Office Service Co
William H. Norton
Omaha Printing Company
Reynold Peterson
Board of Health
Bonnie Ransom
Thoree
Lillian Timm
Woodruff Printing Co
Madison Chemical Corporation
William Wright
Carleton Anderson
Louis Czarnick
Betty Majors
Hattie B. Munroe
Richard L. Howe
Jack & Jill
Shelby
Pork Light & Water
First National Bank