Territorial Collections
Find Kansas Territory artifacts and their stories, arranged
by
theme:
John Brown
- Chair from an
Underground Railroad station Brown visited in 1859.
- Desk on which
Brown wrote his "Parallels."
- Diary by Kansas pioneer, featuring drawing of Brown.
- Melodeon given by Brown
to his daughter, and later played at his funeral.
- Pike with which Brown
armed his men at Harper's Ferry.
- Surveying Compass used
byBrown as a cover while spying on proslavery forces.
Underground Railroad
- Chair from an Underground Railroad station Brown visited in 1859.
- Desk from Quindaro, an antislavery town and station on the Underground Railroad.
- Shackle cut from the
leg of a fugitive Missouri slave.
- Tintype possibly
depicting an freed slave.
Early Settlement
- Desk from Quindaro, an antislavery town and station on the Underground Railroad.
- Diary written by an early settler.
- Hymnal printed by a missionary using a phonetic system for Native
American languages.
- Money belt & Scales from an early
Kansas trading post.
- Portrait of a pioneer staking his claim near Topeka.
- Sign advertising
the New England Emigrant Aid Company.
- Violin played by an
Irish immigrant around campsites.
Politics
- Banner supporting Abraham Lincoln, from the 1860 presidential campaign.
- Candlebox in which false election returns were hidden.
- Flag reading "Admit
Me Free," from the 1856 presidential campaign.
- Flag with the proslavery
motto, "Enforce the Laws"
- Flags reading "God Save Kansas" and "Free Kansas!" from the 1856
presidential campaign.
- Seal used by the territorial
government.
Free-State
- Banner supporting Abraham Lincoln, from the 1860 presidential campaign.
- Flag reading "Admit
Me Free," from the 1856 presidential campaign.
- Flags reading "God Save Kansas" and "Free Kansas!" from the 1856
presidential campaign.
- Sign advertising the New England Emigrant Aid Company.
- Tombstone of David Buffum, killed for his free-state beliefs.
Proslavery
- Banner used
by proslavery mob on the Missouri River.
- Candlebox in which false proslavery election returns were hidden.
- Cannon that aided the Kickapoo Rangers in destroying Lawrence in 1856.
- Desk used by ardent
proslavery figure George W. Clarke.
- Flag demanding
the federal government "Enforce the Laws!"
- Sword used by proslavery leader Henry Titus.
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