Dr. Timothy Westcott will lead an interactive, insightful presentation on "The 1855 Lexington Pro-Slavery Convention," where representatives from 25 Missouri counties met at Lexington, Missouri, between July 12-13, 1855, to discuss numerous actions and resolutions which included the 1850 Fugitive Slave Law, reaction against eastern state colonization companies, and interference with slavery.
Timothy C. Westcott [3], Ph.D., is an associate professor of history at Park University, Parkville, Missouri. He has presented over a hundred topics related to "Bleeding Kansas," the Civil War, Robert E. Lee, and on World War I. Westcott is a member Board of Directors, Westport Historical Society and the President's Council, National World War I Museum.
Speaker’s reception follows at the Harris House [4], 40th & Baltimore, Kansas City, Missouri, 64111.