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Yes but after the war they took on more Northern tendencies. I think after the war is where Kentucky and Missouri split. Its said that Kentucky seceded after the war.

Depends on what part of the state. There was ethnic Cleansing in the Ozarks after the war. Things were worse in Missouri for blacks compared to the deep south. Towns like Joplin, Springfield, Monett, Pierce City, along with Arkansas Ozark towns try to run every black out. Lynchings, black sections burned, etc.

I read the book "White Man's Heaven". A black person from Mississippi that was traveling through that almost got lynched said it was worse in Missouri than in Mississippi.

ETA: That's why there was controversy from Missouri State's Band for playing "Dixie" at the town square marking the anniversary of 3 black men lynched in Springfield. Happened last Nov.... Mizzou's band also played Dixie in the past at football games, of course that's where the most slaves and most southerners settle, along the Missouri river area.

Most people don't even know Langston Hughes is from Joplin. His family was apart of the group that fled the Ozarks in the early 1900's when the black section of Joplin was burned. Hughes claimed Harlem,NYC and hardly ever mentioned Joplin because of the things that happened.

This post was edited on 6/6/13 at 2:19 pm