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A formal, cased ambrotype portrait of Samuel J. Jones who led a large pro-slavery force in the May 21, 1856 sacking of the city of Lawrence, which was an anti-slavery stronghold in Douglas County, Kansas Territory. Jones was the sheriff of Douglas County at the time of the attack.
Date: 1856-1860
Item Number: 439
Call Number: B Jones, Samuel J. *1
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 439
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Police officers
Community Life - Community services - Police and other law enforcement
Date - 1854-1860
Government and Politics - Crime and Punishment - Law enforcement officers
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph - Ambrotypes
People - Notable Kansans - Jones, Samuel J.
Places - Cities and towns - Lawrence
Places - Counties - Douglas
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
Type of Material - Photographs - Format - Ambrotypes
http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/439