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Many free-state leaders were charged with treason by the pro-slavery legislature in May 1856. Former territorial governor Andrew Reeder escaped arrest by leaving Kansas disguised as a woodcutter. Reeder carried this dagger for defense when he fled the territory.
Creator: G. Wostenholm & Son
Date: 1855
Item Number: 209922
KSHS Identifier: 1957.210.1
Collections - Museum
Date - 1854-1860 - 1855
Objects and Artifacts - Tools & Equipment for Science & Technology - Armament - Armament, Edged - Dagger
People - Notable Kansans - Reeder, Andrew H. (Andrew Horatio), 1807-1864
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
Type of Material - Objects and Artifacts
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