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Kansas - Col. Sumner Arriving at Constitution Hall
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Wood engraving of Col. Sumner dispersing the Topeka Legislature on July 4, 1856. The Topeka legislature met to draft a request to Congress for the admission of Kansas as a free state, but federal soldiers under command of Colonel Edwin Vose Sumner dispersed the assembly. The Topeka Constitution was approved by the U.S. House of Representatives, but the U.S. Senate rejected it by two votes.
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July 26, 1856
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Massachusetts Street, Lawrence, Kansas
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Stereograph by Alexander Gardner depicting Massachusetts Street in downtown Lawrence, Kansas. Founded by members of the Massachusetts Emigrant Aid Society (later renamed the New England Emigrant Aid Company) in 1854, Lawrence was a center of Free-State activism during the Border War.
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1867
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Hon. George S. Boutwell of Mass.
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Black and white glass plate negative of George S. Boutwell, Senator and Representative from Massachusetts and the first Commissioner of Internal Revenue under President Lincoln.
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Gen. Samuel R. Curtis
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Black and white portrait of General Samuel R. Curtis, seated and in uniform. One of the first Republicans elected to Congress representing Iowa's 1st congressional district, Curtis resigned his seat in 1861 to join the Union Army. Curtis commanded Union forces to several victories during the Civil War, including at the Battle of Pea Ridge and the Battle of Westport.
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John McNeil
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Portrait of Colonel John McNeil, "The Butcher of Palmyra," who on October 18, 1862, ordered the execution of 10 Confederate prisoners of war in retaliation for the kidnappig of pro-Union carpenter, Andrew Allsman.
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Battle of Pea Ridge
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Chromolithograph print shows an attack by Confederate cavalry and infantry, with Native American troops, against a line of Union cannon and infantry at Pea Ridge in Arkansas.
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Stephen A. Douglas
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A Portrait of Democratic Senator Stephen A. Douglas.
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n.d.
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The Underground Railroad
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Charles T. Webber's depiction of abolitionists helping runaway slaves on their journey to freedom.
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Jesse James
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Black and white portrait of Bushwhacker, outlaw, and bank robber Jesse James, circa 1864.
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Robert Younger, Henrietta Younger, Cole Younger and James Younger
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Group photograph of siblings Robert Younger, Henrietta Younger, Cole Younger and James Younger. Cole, James (Jim), and Robert (Bob) were members of the notorious James-Younger Gang with fellow Bushwhackers Jesse and Frank James among others.
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Dred Scott
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Wood engraving of Dred Scott in "Century Magazine," 1887.
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1887
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John Brown
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Sepia-tone reproduction print of abolitionist John Brown.
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Pleasant Hill, Missouri
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This bird's eye view of Pleasant Hill, Cass County, Missouri was created by A. Ruger in 1869.
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1869
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