Talk:Elias Kane

Slavery advocate? Further work needed
According to recent biographies of Edward Coles, Kane led pro-slavery forces in Illinois and was embroiled in several scandals. However, I have not located or read any biographies of him. Clearly, his wife's name is French, and French ownership of slaves was legal in the Illinois Territory and later state during Kane's lifetime. The online notations at findagrave.com for his namesake son indicate that his unnamed sister (i.e. Kane's daughter) married fervently anti-slavery and Catholic governor Bissell. However, Bissell's bio does give a spouse name which does not include Kane.Jweaver28 (talk) 11:47, 19 September 2013 (UTC)

Was a slave owner, one question
I added the ref from WaPo on him being a slave owner. He was also proslavery in politics so there seems little doubt of that. One question - where I added a "citation needed" tag is here:
 * "Kane's father (of the same name) is buried in Congressional Cemetery in Washington, D.C.,[citation needed] having survived this son by five years and secured his namesake grandson's admission to West Point."

There was no ref, I can't find his father's name, or where he is buried. The senator does have a cenotaph in the Congressional Cemetery so perhaps that is the origin of a misunderstanding. I'll remove the above passage in a week or so if no ref is given. Smallbones( smalltalk ) 21:43, 16 April 2022 (UTC)