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Title
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Freeborn, Falsely Imprisoned
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Description
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Article tells the story of Allen Pinks, a free African-American living and working in Kansas during the late 1850s and 1860s. The author focuses upon Pinks' capture in Missouri without his freedom papers and later being held against his will in Platte County, Missouri, under charges of being an escaped slave. The author states that Pinks escaped, returned to Lawrence, and began to assist other slave hunters seeking to capture free African Americans in Kansas. It is stated that Pinks was murdered on April 29, 1869, in Leavenworth, Kansas.
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Date
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2014-03-02
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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The Noble Wife of the Late Champion of Freedom
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Description
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Mary Brown, widow of abolitionist John Brown, was the guest of honor at a reception held at the statehouse in Topeka, Kansas on November 15, 1882. The article provides a biography of Mary Brown's life and discusses how she was portrayed and linked with her husband's legacy after his death in 1859. The author argues that Kansas officials used the reception as a means to promote their own interpretations of John Brown and Kansas history, honoring Mary Brown as a symbol of the state's struggle for freedom.
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Date
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2012
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
