A Kansas Memory Podcast

Episode 3: $200 Reward:Runaway slaves and the Underground Railroad in Kansas Territory

The documents used in the $200 Reward podcast are available on Earlier Kansas Memory podcasts used documents from Territorial Kansas Online: A Virtual Repository for Territorial Kansas History, 1854-1861.

• $200 Reward!
  June 7, 1860
  Wanted poster of two slaves from Saline County, Missouri. Includes the names and descriptions of the two slaves. Poster is on display in the Kansas Museum of History, Topeka, Kansas.
  
• Citizens of Lawrence! L. Arms in area for negro hunting
  c. 1860
  This document warned the citizens of Lawrence that a U.S. Marshal named L[eonard] Arms was searching Lawrence for slaves and that they had the right to keep him out of their homes.
  
• Reminiscences of Slave Days in Kansas
  circa 1895
  John Armstrong assisted a slave named Ann Clarke, to escape into Iowa. He described the event in detail, including how she escaped, was captured, and escaped again. Armstrong lived on Washington Creek and later in Topeka. This item is from information collected by Miss Zu Adams in 1895. She was researching the topic of slaves in Kansas and contacted a number of early Kansas settlers requesting information about slaves brought to Kansas Territory. While all of the information she collected was based on reminiscences, it still provides useful information that is difficult, if not impossible, to find elsewhere.