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Although born in South Carolina, Josiah Miller was a free state supporter. He attended college in Indiana and law school in New York. He came to Kansas in 1854 and on January 5, 1855, established the Kansas Free State newspaper in Lawrence. The newspaper office was destroyed by order of the territorial government on May 21, 1856 because is was deemed a nuisance. He was capturned by Buford's proslavery forces and was tried for treason against the state of South Carolina. He supported John C. Fremont. In 1857, he was elected probate judge of Douglas County, Kansas Territory.
Item Number: 3777
Call Number: B Miller Josiah *2
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 3777
Business and Industry - Media/Communications - Newspaper
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Journalists
Collections - Photograph
Date - 1854-1860
Government and Politics
Government and Politics - Political Parties - Free Soil
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Antislavery
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Political parties - Free State
Home and Family - Daily life - Settlement
Military - Wars - Bleeding Kansas
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph - Tintypes
People - Notable Kansans - Miller, Josiah, 1828-1870
Places - Cities and towns - Lawrence
Places - Counties - Douglas
Places - Other States - South Carolina
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Type of Material - Photographs - Format - Tintypes
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