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John Speer
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John Speer was a free state supporter and early resident of Lawrence, Kansas Territory. He was a journalist and editor and was involved in numerous free state activities.
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Edwin Vose Sumner
Date: Between 1855 and 1863
Colonel Edwin Vose Sumner commanded the First U.S. Cavalry regiment at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas Territory, and led the regular army forces that dispersed the free state legislature in Topeka on…
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Charles Sumner
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Charles Sumner served in the U. S. Senate from Massachusetts during the Kansas territorial era. He was an outspoken abolitionist and helped the Free-Soil party in 1848. He was opposed…
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John Henry Stringfellow
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John Henry Stringfellow was a resident of Atchison, Kansas Territory, and a proslavery supporter. He was in charge of some of the territorial troops that were mentioned in the Hiram…
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Hiram Jackson Strickler
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Hiram Jackson Strickler was best known for serving as the Commissioner to Audit Claims of Citizens of the Territory of Kansas about damages they had suffered in various confrontations. Although…
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Thomas N. Stinson
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Thomas N. Stinson, an Indian trader, was a resident of Tecumseh, Kansas Territory. He was a promoter for the town of Tecumseh. He had been adopted by the Shawnee tribe…
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John E. Stewart
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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…
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George Luther Stearns
Date: Between 1860 and 1865
George Luther Stearns lived in Boston, Massachusetts, and was a supporter of the free state cause. He was a member of the National Kansas Committee and president of the Massachusetts…
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Wilson Shannon
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Wilson Shannon was appointed governor of Kansas Territory on August 10, 1855. He was sworn in on September 7, 1855, and served until June 24, 1856. He took a second…
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William H. Seward
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William H. Seward represented New York in the U. S. Senate during the Kansas Territory era. He was a strong anti-slavery advocate and opposed the Kansas-Nebraska bill. He visited Kansas…
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Albert Dwight Searl
Date: About 1900
This cabinet card shows Albert Dwight Searl, (1831-1902), a surveyor and Civil War solider. He arrived in Lawrence, Kansas, on September 15, 1854 with the second party of the New…
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Edmund Gibson Ross
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Edmund Gibson Ross was active in Kansas Territory politics and served as a delegate to the Wyandotte Constitutional Convention. He and his brother, William W. Ross, were editors of the…
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Florella Brown Adair
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Florella Brown Adair was the wife of Reverend Samuel Lyle Adair and the half sister of abolitionist John Brown. She settled near Osawatomie, Kansas Territory, with her husband, who was…
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Carmi William Babcock
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Carmi William Babcock was an active free state supporter and early resident of Lawrence, Kansas Territory. He was a lawyer and a banker. He was the first postmaster and the…
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George M. Beebe
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George M. Beebe served as secretary of Kansas Territory from July to December, 1860, and was the acting governor of Kansas Territory from December 17, 1860, to February 9, 1861.
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Joseph Pomeroy Root
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Joseph Pomeroy Root was a resident of Wyandotte, Kansas Territory. He was involved in the free state cause, including recruiting members of the Kansas Volunteers for the Protection of the…
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Franklin G. Adams
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This is a portrait of Franklin G. Adams who was the Secretary of the Kansas State Historical Society, Topeka, Kansas. Adams was a member of the Leavenworth Constitutional Convention. He…
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James Burnett Abbott
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James Burnett Abbott , 1818-1897, was involved in various free state activities and in some of the territorial conflicts in Kansas Territory. He acquired the so-called “Abbott howitzer” in Kansas…
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Albert Gallatin Boone
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Colonel Albert G. Boone was a resident of Westport, Missouri, and was a pro-slavery supporter. He served as U. S. Indian Agent for the Cheyenne, Arapahoe, Kiowa, Comanche and Plains…
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Jason Brown
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Jason Brown was one of abolitionist John Brown’s sons. He came to Kansas Territory in February, 1855, along with his brothers John Jr, Owen, Salmon, and Frederick and settled near…
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Jeremiah Root Brown
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Cased sixth plate daguerreotype portrait of Jeremiah Root Brown (1819-1874), the brother of Florella Brown Adair and the half brother of abolitionist John Brown. He did not settle in Kansas…
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John Brown, Jr.
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John Brown, Jr. was one of abolitionist John Brown’s sons. He came to Kansas Territory in February, 1855, along with his brothers Jason, Owen, Salmon, and Frederick, and settled near…
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Orville C. Brown
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Orville C. Brown was an early settler and founder of Osawatomie, Kansas Territory. He actively sought to develop the town by building a common school and by obtaining a printing…
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John H. Byrd
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Rev. John H. Byrd was active in efforts to secure aid for residents of Kansas Territory who were suffering from the 1860 drought. He lived in Lawrence, Kansas Territory.
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Kansas Avenue, Topeka, Kansas
Date: Between 1858 and 1863
A view looking south from Sixth Street on Kansas Avenue in Topeka, Kansas, during the early 1860s. The Topeka Drug Store was located at 607 Kansas Avenue. Many of the…