Interviews by William E. Connelley and letter. 1906-1916
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Randlett, Reuben A., 1837-
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Randlett was very active in the Kansas Free State movement and was involved in the defense of Lawrence from border raiders. These accounts relate his experiences in the 1856 sacking of Lawrence, his activities as a spy among the raiders, the Battle of Black Jack, the dissolution of the Free State legislature in Topeka, July 4, 1856, and his captivity by Quantrill in 1862. From the guide to the Interviews by William E. Connelley and letter., 1906-1916, (University of Kans...
Quantrill, William Clarke, 1837-1865
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William Clarke Quantrill was born in Canal Dover, Ohio in 1837. He came to Kansas as a young man, and taught school for a while before he became active in the border wars, between free state and pro-slavery forces in the fight for Kansas statehood. He fought on the Confederate side during the Civil War, participating in guerrilla warfare. His most infamous act as a guerrilla chief was the sack of Lawrence in the early morning of August 21, 1863. Quantrill died two years after the raid in a milit...
Connelley, William Elsey, 1855-1930
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Author, historian, secretary of the Kansas State Historical Society (Topeka); of Independence, Topeka, Kan. From the description of William Elsey Connelley papers, 1878-1931. (Kansas State Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 124083141 Manabozho (Gluskap) is a trickster figure integral to most Algonquin tribes in the North / Northeastern Woodlands. "The Great Hare", or "the Great White One" easily transforms, is a creator and provider of food, and represents life forces....
Brown, John, 1800-1859
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John Brown (May 9, 1800, Torrington, Connecticut – December 2, 1859, Charles Town, Virginia) was born in Connecticut in 1800 before migrating with his family at an early age to the Connecticut Western Reserve. He failed at several business ventures and land speculations before devoting his life to the abolition of slavery. Brown was executed in 1859 following his failed attempt to incite a slave rebellion at Harper's Ferry, Virginia. Edwin Coppoc, a native of Salem, Ohio, joined Brown in his rai...
Pomeroy, Samuel Clarke, 1816-1891.
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Pomeroy was the leader of the first party of New England Emigrant Aid Company to arrive at Lawrence, He was active in the Free State Movement; fought against the Lecompton Constitution; was mayor of Atchison; elected to U.S. Senate in 1861; re-elected in 1867; defeated in 18?3 due to an investigating committee. From the guide to the Letters, 1861-1873, (University of Kansas Kenneth Spencer Research Library Kansas Collection) Samuel Clarke Pomeroy was a Kansas Free-State advo...
