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John E. Stewart was a free state supporter and was active in a number of the territorial confrontations between free state supporters and proslavery supporters. He helped runaway slaves escape on the Underground Railroad. Stewart was listed on the Free State ticket as running for the Territorial House of Representatives for Douglas County in May, 1858.
Item Number: 90663
Call Number: B Stewart John E. *1
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 90663
Collections - Photograph
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Antislavery - Abolition - Underground Railroad
Military - Wars - Bleeding Kansas
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph - Carte-de-visite
Places - Counties - Douglas
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
Type of Material - Photographs - Format - Carte-de-visite
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