Birthdays
Thomas Morris Chester
Turns 25 on this date
Burton Chauncey Cook
Turns 40 on this date
Byron Mac Cutcheon
Turns 23 on this date
Clement Alexander Finley
Turns 62 on this date
Robert Smith Grier
Turns 69 on this date
Events
| Slavery/Abolition | A commercial convention focusing on the slave trade is meeting in Vicksburg, Mississippi |
05/10/1859 to 05/18/1859 |
| Foreign | French Emperor Napoleon III travels from Paris to Genoa to take command of the French troops in Italy |
05/10/1859 to 05/12/1859 |
| Slavery/Abolition | Oberlin-Wellington rescuer Simeon Bushnell is sentenced to sixty days in jail for violation of the Fugitive Slave Law | 05/11/1859 |
| Business/Industry | The Southern Commercial Convention is meeting in Vicksburg, Mississippi with slavery high on the agenda |
05/09/1859 to 05/19/1859 |
Documents
| Newspaper | New York Times, “Amendment to the Massachusetts State Constitution,” May 11, 1859 | 05/11/1859 |
| Newspaper | New York Times, “When Did He Die?,” May 11, 1859 | 05/11/1859 |