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Augustus Wattles was an abolitionist who came to Kansas Territory from Ohio in 1855. For a time, he helped George Washington Brown publish the "Herald of Freedom" in Lawrence, Kansas Territory. In 1857, he was one of the founders of Moneka in Linn County, Kansas Territory. He was a supporter of abolitionist John Brown, and Brown stayed at his home several times after the Marais des Cygnes massacre. Wattles served in the Kansas Territory legislature in 1855.
Item Number: 90680
Call Number: B Wattles Augustus *1
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 90680
Collections - Photograph
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Antislavery - Abolition
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Legislatures
Military - Wars - Bleeding Kansas
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
People - Notable People - Brown, John, 1800-1859
Places - Cities and towns - Mansfield (formerly Moneka)
Places - Cities and towns - Moneka
Places - Counties - Linn
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
Type of Material - Photographs
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