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1st Kansas Colored Infantry flag
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Regimental flag of the First Kansas Colored Volunteer Infantry, who triumphed over the Missouri State Guard in the Battle of Island Mound. It was the first battle of the Civil War to be fought by a regiment of African-American soldiers.
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Amos Adams Lawrence
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Portrait of Amos A. Lawrence, namesake of Lawrence, Kansas.
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William D. Matthews
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Sepia carte de visite of William Dominick Matthews, Captain of the First Kansas Colored Volunteers, posing in uniform with cavalry saber.
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John Doy and Rescue Party
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Photograph taken by Amon Gilbert DaLee in Lawrence, Kansas Territory in the summer of 1859 depicting Dr. John Doy, his son Charles, and his rescue party, which freed him from the St. Joseph, MO jail on July 23, 1859, where he was being held on charges of abducting slaves.
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1859
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John Ritchie
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Carte de visite portrait of John Ritchie, an abolitionist who worked on the Underground Railroad and served as a delegate to the Leavenworth Constitutional Convention.
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n.d.
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William D. Matthews
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A sepia colored carte-de-visite of First Lieutenant William Dominick Matthews. Matthews was a member of the Independent Battery, U.S. Colored Light Artillery, who served at Fort Leavenworth and helped protect eastern Kansas during Price's invasion in 1864. In addition, Matthews helped recruit many members of the First Colored Kansas Volunteer Infantry. Prior to the Civil War, Matthews operated a boarding house in Leavenworth, Kansas that was used as part of the underground railroad. Assisted by Daniel R. Anthony, the brother of Susan B. Anthony, Matthews helped many Missouri slaves escape to Kansas and other "free" states.
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1861-1865
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Benjamin "Pap" Singleton
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Sepia carte de visite portrait of Benjamin "Pap" Singleton. Singleton, a former slave from Tennessee, became known as the leader of the “Exoduster Movement” for his efforts establishing black colonies and helping thousands of Exodusters relocate to Kansas.
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1880