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These legal documents relate to the case of the Kansas Territory vs. George W. Clarke and James N. Burns for the murder of free-state settler Thomas W. Barber in Douglas County, Kansas Territory on December 6, 1855 during the Wakarusa War. Clarke and Burns were indicted for the murder by the First District Court on October 13, 1856. Clarke was an Indian agent, slave owner, and pro-slavery activist involved in several Bleeding Kansas conflicts.
Date: 1856 - 1857
Item Number: 444879
Call Number: Kansas Territory Criminal Case Files, Box 6, Folder 33
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 444879
Collections - State Archives - U. S. District Court of Kansas (Kansas Territory) - Criminal Case Files
Date - 1854-1860 - 1855
Date - 1854-1860 - 1856
Date - 1854-1860 - 1857
Government and Politics - Crime and Punishment - Crime - Murder
Government and Politics - Federal Government - Courts - United States District Courts
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Antislavery
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Pro-Slavery
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Courts - First Judicial District
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Courts - Second Judicial District
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Political parties
Military - Wars - Bleeding Kansas - Wakarusa War
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Case file
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Record, Judicial
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Warrant
People - Notable Kansans - Lecompte, Samuel, 1814-1888
Places - Cities and towns - Lawrence
Places - Cities and towns - Lecompton
Places - Counties - Douglas
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Government records - Case files
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Legal documents
http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/444879
