Missouri Lawyer
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David Rice Atchison was born in 1807 in what is now known as Lexington, Kentucky. He was an aspiring lawyer who took his practice to Missouri in order to open his own firm. He also owned a plantation and many enslaved African Americans.
This might seem like nothing out of the ordinary, but the intrigue skyrockets when we learn who one of his most famous clients was.
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