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The Osawatomie Battlefield
Title
The Osawatomie Battlefield
Description
Osawatomie Battlefield courtesy of Oswald Garrison Villard's John Brown 1800-1859: A Biography Fifty Years After. On August 30, 1856, Abolitionist John Brown and 40 other Free-Staters unsuccessfully defended the town of Osawatomie, Kansas against 250-300 border ruffians under John W. Reid. The Free-Staters were routed, Osawatomie was burned, and one of Brown's sons was killed, but Brown escaped with his life and earned the nickname "Osawatomie Brown" for his spirited defense.
Object Type
Image
Date
n.d.
Quantrill's Raid
Title
Quantrill's Raid
Description
An illustration entitled, "The War in Kansas-Fearful Massacre at Lawrence by Quantrell's Guerillas", originally published in Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper.
Object Type
Image
Date
September 12, 1863
Charles Robinson
Title
Charles Robinson
Description
An artist's rendering of Free-State activist Charles Robinson speaking to the Lecompton Territorial Legislature. On October 6, 1856, Free-Staters boycotted the territorial elections that resulted in the second territorial legislature at Lecompton, Kansas. The Free-Staters complained that the options given on the referendum asked voters to choose between making Kansas a slave state or merely banning the new importation of slaves. The latter option would have sanctioned slavery for slaves who were already in Kansas, and its restrictions on new importations of slaves were likely unenforceable.
Object Type
Image
Date
1856
The Ruins of Lawrence, Kansas
Title
The Ruins of Lawrence, Kansas
Description
An illustration of the ruins of Lawrence, Kansas after Quantrill's Raid on August 21, 1863, originally published in Harper's Weekly.
Object Type
Image
Date
September 19, 1863
Western House, or Pro-Slavery Hotel, Fort Scott, Kansas
Title
Western House, or Pro-Slavery Hotel, Fort Scott, Kansas
Description
A crude illustration of the Western House, also known as the Pro-Slavery Hotel, that burned on December 16, 1858 during James Montgomery's raid on Fort Scott, Kansas.
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Image
Date
n.d.
Sacking of Lawrence
Title
Sacking of Lawrence
Description
Depiction of the ruins of Free State Hotel following the Sacking of Lawrence on May 21, 1856. Douglas County's own sheriff, Samuel J. Jones, led a posse of 800 proslavery settlers in the sacking of the town of Lawrence, Kansas. The Free-State Hotel and two newspaper print shops were destroyed, and one of the attackers was killed by falling masonry.
Object Type
Image
Date
1856