John Doy and Rescue Party

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Title: John Doy and Rescue Party
Creator: Amon Gilbert DaLee
Description: 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.
Date: 1859
Local Subject: Picturing the War
Surviving a Guerrilla War
African Americans
Underground Railroad
People: Amon Gilbert DaLee
John Doy
Charles Doy
James B. Abbott
Joshua A. Pike
James Senix
Joseph Gardner
Thomas Simmons
S.G. Willis
John E. Stuart
Silas Soule
George R. Hay
Geographic Subject: Lawrence, Kansas
Douglas County, Kansas
Object Type: Image
Owning Organization: Kansas Historical Society
Location: http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/220373
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