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Squatter Sovereign
Title
Squatter Sovereign
Description
The first issue of the Squatter Sovereign. The Squatter Sovereign, the most prominent of the proslavery newspapers in Kansas Territory, was first published in Atchison, Kansas in 1855. It printed some of the most inflammatory proslavery rhetoric in the territory, before ironically being purchased by the antislavery Samuel C. Pomeroy in March 1857. Pomeroy, an affiliate of the Massachusetts Emigrant Aid Society, turned the paper in favor of the Free-State cause before reselling it to John A. Martin, who renamed it Freedom's Champion.
Object Type
Newspaper Article
Date
February 3, 1855
Amos Adams Lawrence
Title
Amos Adams Lawrence
Description
Portrait of Amos A. Lawrence, namesake of Lawrence, Kansas.
Object Type
Image
Shawnee Indian Mission, Wyandotte County, Kansas
Title
Shawnee Indian Mission, Wyandotte County, Kansas
Description
Photograph of the Shawnee Indian Mission, where the Bogus Legislature met on May 30, 1855.
Object Type
Image
Date
July 6, 1940
John W. Whitfield
Title
John W. Whitfield
Description
Photograph of John W. Whitfield, the first Congressional delegate from Kansas Territory. The first election in Kansas Territory, held november 29, 1854, was won by Democrat John W. Whitfield, a proslavery settler and veteran of the Mexican-American War. Free-Staters complained about fraudulent voting by Misourians who crossed the border to cast their ballots and intimidate antislavery voters, especially in proslavery towns such as Leavenworth.
Object Type
Image
Date
n.d.
Stephen A. Douglas
Title
Stephen A. Douglas
Description
Black and white portrait of Stephen Douglas, Senator from Illinois and designer of the Kansas-Nebraska Act.
Object Type
Image