Events
| Slavery/Abolition | A commercial convention focusing on the slave trade is meeting in Vicksburg, Mississippi |
05/10/1859 to 05/18/1859 |
| 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
| Letter | James Buchanan to Harriet Rebecca Lane, May 14, 1859 | 05/14/1859 |
| Newspaper | New York Times, “Disturbing Public Meeting,” May 14, 1859 | 05/14/1859 |