Lawrence taliaferro autobiography
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Lawrence Taliaferro was a son of a Virginia slave-owning family and an Indian Agent on the Minnesota frontier from 1820 to 1839. Recuperating in Bedford after a probable injury in the War of 1812, he met Eliza Dillon. Eliza was the daughter of Humphrey Dillon, a local hotel owner. They married and Lawrence `gave` one of his slaves, Harriet Robinson, to his new wife. They took Harriet with them when they later moved to the Minnesota territory.
Soon, Harriet met and married another slave named Dred Scott. They filed multiple suits in a trail of trials attempting to win their freedom, which culminated in 1857 in the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Dred Scott v. Sandford. This trial was widely recognized as a major factor in the coming of the Civil War. The majority opinion, written by Roger Taney, found that no African Americans, free or enslaved, could be citizens with rights that the U.S. Constitution was obligated to recognize or respect. Taney was a friend of President James Buchanan. The President was a frequent visitor at the Bedford Springs,
After many years of service, the Taliaferros returned to Bedford, where Lawrence died in 1871.
Corinne Monjeau-Marz of Cottage Grove, Minnesota, has recently published a facsimile edition of Lawrence Taliaferro's Autobiograph
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Auto-Biography of Maj. Lawrence Taliaferro
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AUTO-BIOGRAPHY OF
MAJ.
LAWRENCE TALIAFERRO. WRITTEN
IN
1864.
PRELIMINARY NOTE. Lawrence Taliaferro, whose characteristic account of his career as Indian Agent at Fort Snelling, from April, 1819, to January, 1840, accompanies this, was promiuently identified with Minnesota history during that period. The Saint Paul Daily Pioneer, a few days after Maj. Taliaferro's death, gave the following sketch of him: Maj. Taliaferro remained as Indian Agent at Fort Snelling a period of almost twenty-one years, being re-appointed six times by different Presidents, and resigning at last. His was a long incumbency for such an oflBce as that, and shows that Major Taliaferro was active and faithful in the discharge of his duties. And such he certainly was, while in a position which many have used for their own aggran disement. Maj. T. was scrupulously honest. No'charge was ever made against him of malversation in ofiice, for his own benefit. He labored to impress the tribes under his supervision with proper respect for the government, and by gratifying their penchant for "big talks," and ceremonies, kept them in pretty good order and obedience. He was sometimes ridiculed for his egotism, of which he had a good share, bu
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Auto-Biography of Main Lawrence Taliaferro: Written Tier 1864
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