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During the spring of 1857, John Brown traveled to several Northeastern cities (specifically, in Brown's home state of Connecticut) to solicit financial support for the Kansas crusade. In the speech delivered from these handwritten notes, Brown outlined some of the many sacrifices he and others had made to give his audience a sense of what was needed and discussed the unfolding situation in Kansas Territory.
Creator: Brown, John, 1800-1859
Date: Around March, 1857
Item Number: 4409
Call Number: John Brown Coll. #299 Box 1 Folder 21
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 4409
Collections - Manuscript - Brown, John
Date - 1854-1860 - 1857
Government and Politics - Political Parties - Democrat
Government and Politics - Political Parties - Free Soil
Government and Politics - Political Parties - Republican
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Antislavery - Abolition
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Political parties - Free State
Home and Family - Daily life - Farm chores
Military - Wars - Bleeding Kansas
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Speech
People - Notable Kansans - Hoyt, David Starr
People - Notable People - Brown, John, 1800-1859
Places - Cities and towns - Lawrence
Places - Cities and towns - Lecompton
Places - Cities and towns - Osawatomie
Places - Counties - Douglas
Places - Counties - Miami
Places - Other States - Connecticut
Places - Other States - Missouri
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Speeches
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