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Tragic Prelude
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Tragic Prelude
Description
Native Kansan John Steuart Curry's allegorical painting, "Tragic Prelude." Curry's work depicts John Brown and the clash of Free-State and proslavery forces in Bleeding Kansas along with other symbollic elements representing late 19th century Kansas.
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Image
John Brown
Title
John Brown
Description
Painting of John Brown by Ole Peter Hansen Balling, 1870.
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Image
Date
1870
Battle of Osawatomie
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Battle of Osawatomie
Description
In this excerpt of a ca. 1856-1861 document, Orville Chester Brown describes the August 30, 1856 Battle of Osawatomie. In the middle of the night, Brown states, John Reid led his men towards Osawatomie. At dawn they marched into the town armed with bayonets, and the men of the town “flew to arms – whilst the women in their night clothes bearing their children in their arms fled to the woods.” Brown's house was burned down in the battle and his son was taken prisoner.
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Document
From David M. Fox to Robert M. Stewart
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From David M. Fox to Robert M. Stewart
Description
This letter, dated November 27, 1860, is from David M. Fox in Fredericktown, Missouri to Gov. Robert M. Stewart. Fox complains about violent guerrilla attacks launched by James Montgomery and John Brown. He claims that the people in his town have neither arms nor militia for defense, and he asks Stewart to send somebody to organize a militia. Fox also complains that the election of President Lincoln has “thrown a gloom over our people.”
Date
November 27, 1860
John Brown
Title
John Brown
Description
Sepia-tone reproduction print of abolitionist John Brown.
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Image
John Brown, 1800-1859, Memorial Frame
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John Brown, 1800-1859, Memorial Frame
Description
Memorial portrait of Abolitionist John Brown. Frame includes the words, "The Just man shall be in eternal remembrance -- Gave his life for the liberation of the slave."
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Image