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1890, Minneapolis, MN; d. 1975, Stamford, CT, b. 1876, Washington, DC; d. 1973, Washington, DC, b. 1879, Nelson County, VA; d. 1927, New York, NY, b. 1894, Hartwell, GA; d. 1956, Tarpon Springs, FL, b. 1856, East Saginaw, MI; d. 1943, Springfield, MA, b. Ft. Atkinson, IA; d. after 1940, possibly in Larchmont, NY, b. 1900, Savannah, GA; d. 1971, Wilmington, NC, b. 1919, New Orleans, LA; d. 2018, New Orleans, LA, b. 1859, New Orleans, LA; d. 1928, New Orleans, LA, b. 1877, Tuskegee, AL; d. 1935, Andover, MA, b. 1896, New Orleans, LA; d. 1979, Covington, LA, b. 1901, Kalamazoo, MI; d. 1989, Hollywood, FL, b. 1876, Chicago, IL; d. 1955, Richmond, VA, b. 1885, Cleveland, OH; d. 1936, Nashville, TN, b. 1916, Baltimore, MD; d. 2001, Baltimore, MD, b. 1901, New Orleans, LA; d. 1990, Jackson, LA, b. 1885, Stoneham, MA; d. 1954, Louisville, KY, b. 1924, Akron, OH; d. 1994, New Smyrna Beach, FL, b. circa 1865, Calhoun, GA; d. 1942, Clarksville, TN, b. 1873, New Orleans, LA; d. 1955, New Orleans, LA, b. 1904, Frankfurt, Germany; d. 1996, Teaneck, NJ, b. 1885, Jefferson County, KY; d. 1975, Louisville, KY, b. 1919, Hopkinsville, KY; d. 2007, Hopkinsville, KY, b. circa 1871, Natchitoches, LA; d. 1944, New Orleans, LA, b. 1847, Huntsville, AL; d. 1905, Huntsville, AL, b. 1906, Richmond, VA; d. 1989, Richmond, VA, b. 1868, New York, NY; d. 1958, Boston, MA, b. 1866, Baltimore, MD; d. 1931, Baltimore, MD, b. 1898, Washington, DC; d. 1986, Washington, DC, b. 1926, Auburn, AL; d. 2008, Jackson, MS, b. 1890, Brenham, TX; d. 1983, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, b. 1883, Sligo, Ireland; d. 1958, Laurel Hollow, NY, b. 1943, Portsmouth, VA; d. 2014 Riverside, IL, b. (Photo credit: Kansas State Historical Society.). 1927, Louisville, KY; d. 1949, Louisville, KY, b. 1919, Heidelberg, MS; d. 1991, Belzoni, MS, b. 1876, Warrenton, NC; d. 1955, Warrenton, NC, b. 1921, New Orleans, LA; d. 2008, Birmingham, AL, b. 1917, Boston, MA; d. 2015, Palm Beach Gardens, FL, b. 1935, New Orleans, LA; d. 2005, New Orleans, LA, b. 1878, Copenhagen, Denmark; d. after 1940, b. 1880, Washington, DC; d. 1951, Washington, DC, b. John L. Magee, Southern chivalry argument versus clubs, 1856, lithograph, 13.23 x 19 in. Address: 300 SW 10th, Topeka, KS 66612 Phone: 785.296.3966Website: www.kshs.org/places/capitol/index.htm. 1903, Brookhaven, MS; d. 1987, Little Rock, AR, b. 1885, Nashville, TN; d. 1943, Nashville, TN, b. 1873, Louisville, KY; d. 1944, Louisville, KY, b. 1910, Montclair, NJ; d. 1990, Santa Barbara, CA, active in Washington, DC, 1910-1916, 1926-1937, b. 1870, Nashville, TN; d. 1933, Memphis, TN, b. 1901, Martin County, NC; d. 1970, Martin County, NC, b. 1894, Washington, GA; d. 1945, Augusta, GA, b. All trademarks, service marks, and trade names (collectively the "Marks") are proprietary to the Johnson Collection or other respective owners that have granted the Johnson Collection the right and license to use such Marks. . We use the information that we collect only to help us make our site more useful to visitorsto learn about the number of visitors to our site and the types of technology our visitors use. 1885, Rome, GA; d. 1944, Kalamazoo, MI, b. 1858, Montrose, IA; d. 1923, Washington, DC, b. 1860, Cincinnati, OH; d. 1932, Natchez, MS, b. 300 South John Q. Hammons Parkway, Suite 800. 1890, Nashville, TN; d. 1959, Boiceville, NY, b. 1905, Brooklyn, NY; d. 1979, New York, NY, b. 1900, Mooresville, NC; d. 1995, New Hope, PA, b. 1886, New York; d. 1969, Spartanburg, SC, b. 1891, Dalton, GA; d. 1958, Mt. 1860, Louisville, KY; d. 1942, Louisville, KY, b. 1904, Anderson, TN; d. 1992, Nashville, TN, b. 1860, Cincinnati, OH; d. 1931, Los Angeles, CA, b. Curry's interpretation of John Brown and the antislavery movement in Kansas Territory before the Civil War, is considered one of his best murals. 1869, Washington, DC; d. 1964, Washington, DC, b. 1879, Jacksonville, FL; d. 1963, Jacksonville, FL, b. 1866, Philadelphia, PA; d. 1951 (buried in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA), b. 1893, Albany, NY; d. 1971, McLean, VA (buried in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA), b. 1925, Bay City, MI; d. 2015, Ann Arbor, MI, b. Here, Brown poses with a determined look, holding up his left hand (photographic images such as this daguerreotype did not reverse images, so in order to appear that he was holding up his right hand in the finished image he had to hold up his left hand in reality) as though he is making an oath. The album cover depicts abolitionist John Brown in a scene from Tragic Prelude, a mural by Kansas native John Steuart Curry. 1858, Coldwater, MI; d. 1949, Coldwater, MI, b. 1872, Washington, DC; d. 1961, Fairfax, VA, b. 1914, New Orleans, LA; d. 2010, Conway, AR, b. However, most of the enslaved people near Harpers Ferry were loath to trust an unknown white man, and to Browns surprise, the massive uprising that he had predicted failed to materialize. 1871, Indianapolis, IN; d. 1966, Delaware County, IN, b. 1921, Cheraw, SC; d. 2014, Myrtle Beach, SC, b. 1886?, Indianapolis, IN; d. 1958, Miami, FL, b. 1931, Sampson County, NC; d. 2009, Durham, NC, b. One of the most compelling and controversial figures in nineteenth-century American history, John Brown devoted his life to opposing the extension of slavery in the 1850s into the Kansas Territory in battles that presaged the Civil War, which began in 1861. 1908, Louisville, KY; d. 1988, Pittsfield, MA, b. 1910; d. 1986 (buried in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA), b. 1922, Norwich, CT; d. 2015, Greenport, NY, b. 1881, Kendall, NY; d. 1987, Washington, DC, b. 1882, Wilmington, NC; d. 1964, Wilmington, NC, b. 1908, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada; d. 1961, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, b. 1911, Richmond, VA; d. 1985, Winston-Salem, NC, Davis, Elizabeth Marguerite Evans {Willis}, b. 1858, Des Moines; IA; d. 1947, Morgantown, WV, b. 1886, Morristown, NJ; d. 1958, Norfolk, VA, b. 1909, Brooklyn, NY; d. 1991, Greensboro, NC, b. 1906, Columbus, GA; d. 1995, Manassas, VA, b. 1895, Bath County, KY; d. 1983, Memphis, TN, b. 1878, Shepherdstown, WV; d. 1956, Baltimore, MD, b. 1870, Monroe County, KY; d. 1958, Barren County, KY, Bean, Caroline van Hook {Blommers} {Binyon}, b. John Steuart Curry's "Tragic Prelude," on the second floor of the Kansas Capitol, features a larger-than-life John Brown. 1911, New Albany, IN; d. 2004, Louisville, KY, b. 1929, Stokes, NC; d. 2017, Raleigh, NC, b. Hilda Terry], b. 1841, Philadelphia, PA; d. 1922, Philadelphia, PA, b. 1896, Woodstock, NY; d. 1982, Manatee County, FL, b. 1870, Nashville, TN; d. 1947, Winchester, TN, b. If you do not agree to these terms you may not use this site. 1868, Jenkintown, PA; d. 1940, Pittsburgh, PA, b. 1895, Springfield, KY; d. 1956, St. Augustine, FL, b. [1], Emporia Gazette editor William Allen White began the campaign to get Curry to paint murals for his native Kansas rather than Wisconsin (whose university offered him employment he could not find in Kansas). Guided tours given at 9, 10, and 11 a.m., 12, 1, 2, and 3 p.m. Monday - Friday; Saturday at 10 and 11 a.m., 12, 1, 2, and 3 p.m. Free. 1865, Grafton, WV; d. 1948, Buckhannon, WV, b. 1897, Natchitoches, LA; d. 1991, New York, NY, b. 1912, Columbus, OH; d. 1986, Montclair, NJ, b. 1888, Gillsburg, MS; d. 1964, Doa Ana County, NM, b. 1811, Harrisonburg, VA; d. 1898, Harrisonburg, VA, b. 1905, New Orleans, LA; d. 1997, New Orleans, LA, b. 1871, Beaufort, SC; d. 1949, Savannah, GA, b. 1881, Vincennes, IN; d. 1930, Fairfax, VA, b. 1877, Weyauwega, WI; d. 1972, New Orleans, LA, b. 1910, Pittsburgh, PA; d. 2003, Huntington, WV, b. 1882, New Orleans, LA; d. 1980, New Orleans, LA, b. Curry depicts John Browns role in Bleeding Kansas as a tragic prelude to the Civil War, with tornadoes and prairie fires in the background representing the coming destruction. 1922, Charleston, SC; d. 1983, Duval County, FL, b. 1924, Durham, NC; d. 1995, Greensboro, NC, b. 1924, Durham, NC; d. 2010, New York, NY, b. 1903, Caldwell County, TX; d. 1970, Lockhart, TX, b. 1873, Washington, DC; d. 1968, St. Petersburg, FL, b. 1895, Algona, IA; d. 1975, Sarasota, FL, b. 1901, Louisville, KY; d. 1952, Louisville, KY, b. 1891, Athens, GA; d. 1976, Chapel Hill, NC, b. 1866, Carbondale, IL; d. 1952, Little Rock, AR, b. 1885, Lexington, VA; d. 1970, Lexington, VA, b. Dining Services. 1863?, Murfreesboro, TN; d. 1935, Nashville, TN, Ney, Franzisca Bernadina Wilhelmina Elisabeth "Elisabet", b. 1854, Lyons, NY; d. 1948, New York, NY, b. 1855, Wilmington, NC; d. 1935, Wilmington, NC, b. 1908, Columbus, GA; d. 1989, Columbus, GA, b. 1892, Anthon, OH; d. 1956 (buried in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA), b. 1874, Markham, VA; d. 1959, Markham, VA, b. 1872, Brampton, Canada; d. 1941, Washington, DC, b. 1891, Lawrenceburg, IN; d. 1978, Florence, AL, b. 1860, New York, NY; d. 1942, Washington, DC, b. More than 70,000 visitors and 42,000 students visit the Kansas Capitol in Topeka each year. 1898, Colorado Springs, CO; d. 1988, Guilford, CT, b. 1870, Salisbury, NC; d. 1960, Chapel Hill, NC, b. 1847, Bourbon County, KY; d. 1921, Paris, KY, b. 1903, New Orleans, LA; d. 1935, New Orleans, LA, b. 1899, Springfield, MO; d. 1991, Washington, DC, King, Myrtle Valdosta Braddy Jones (see Jones, Myrtle "Berr" Valdosta Braddy), b. 1901, Baltimore, MD; d. 1993, Baltimore, MD, b. 1884, Washington, DC; d. 1941, Charlottesville, VA, b. All rights reserved, John Steuart Curry Murals, state capitol, Topeka, The John Steuart Curry murals are one of the 8 Wonders of Kansas Art because. 1894, Three Springs, VA; d. 1986, Lynchburg, VA, b. 1877, Martinsburg, WV; d. 1965, Trenton, NJ, b. 1889, Philadelphia, PA; d. 1982, Middletown, CT, b. 1893, Athens, PA; d. 1975, Alexandria, VA, b. 1881, Barclay Lake, KY; d. 1975, San Diego, CA, b. 1903, New York, NY; d. 1995, New Orleans, LA, b. 1877, Southport, NC; d. 1944, Wilmington, NC, b. 1880, The Dalles, OR; d. 1956, Suitland, MD, b. 1872, Evansville, IN; d. 1966, Pewee Valley, KY, b. 1890, San Rafael, CA; d. 1946, Columbia, SC, b. 1856, Allegheny, PA; d. after 1931, possibly in NJ, b. 1923, Atlanta, GA; d. 2015, Carrollton, GA, b. 1900, Simsboro, LA; d. 1994, Metairie, LA, b. 1900, Garnett, SC; d. 1994, Garnett, SC, b. 1921, New York, NY; d. 2019, Southampton, NY, b. 1894, New York, NY; d. 1981, Santa Fe, NM, b. 1880, Turnersville, TX; d. 1934, LaGrange, GA, b. "[5], Tom Karr at ProgressiveWorld.net described the album as "an outstanding debut, a brilliant display of song writing and musicianship, and a great statement of Kansas's musical ethos." 1859, Jefferson County, TN; d. 1931, Knoxville, TN, b. 1893, Torresdale, PA; d. 1968, Woodstock, NY, Smith, Effie Anderson Spencer [a.k.a. We will collect no personally identifying information about you when you visit our website unless you choose to provide that information to us. (Cookies are small files that are stored in a visitor's browser.). 1884, Savannah, GA; d. 1965, Wilmington, NC, b. 1876, Cincinnati, OH; d. after 1934, possibly in NH, b. 1862, Birmingham, AL; d. 1959, Birmingham, AL, b. All rights reserved, John Steuart Curry Murals, state capitol, Topeka. 1860, Savannah, GA; d. 1938, Northhampton, MA, b. 1864, Bowling Green, KY; d. 1948, Bowling Green, KY, b. 1887, New Orleans, LA; d. 1970, New Orleans, LA, b. 1933, Elmhurst, IL; d. 2015, South Acworth, NH, b. 1887, Chattanooga, TN; d. 1927, Philadelphia, PA, b. 1877, New Castle, IN; d. 1959, Asheville, NC, b. 1879, Washington, DC; d. 1952, Leesburg, VA, b. 1871, Washington, DC; d. 1954, London, Ontario, Canada, b. 1920, Atlanta, GA; d. 2009, Atlanta, GA, b. Curry later described the work as follows: Centered on the north wall (31 x 116 [9.4m x 3.5m]) is the gigantic figure of John Brown. 1897, Boston, MA; d. 1979 Washington, DC, b. 1877, Augusta, GA; d. 1965, Charleston, SC, b. 1854, Washington, DC; d. 1933, Washington, DC, b. 1907, Yorkshire, England; d. 2003, Toronto, Canada, b. 1900, LaFayette, AL; d. 1980, New Orleans, LA, b. 1838, Adair County, KY; d. 1922, Louisville, KY, b. 1906, Torrington, England; d. 1994, Cookeville, TN, b. 1874, Lexington, KY; d. 1966, Lexington, KY, b. was sent to radio stations and featured Don Kirshner hyping the album. 1883, Washington, DC; d. 1939, Washington, DC, b. 1909, Marietta, GA; d. 1990, Marietta, GA, b. Kansas was promoted by print advertisements which included the tagline "Kansas is Koming." 1921, Buffalo, NY; d. 2012, Manchester, VT, b. 1903, Beckley, WV; d. 1988, Riverside, CA, b. 1865, Charlotte, NC; d. 1958, Decatur, GA, b. 1897, Washington, DC; d. 1980, Green Valley, AZ, b. Washington, DC; d. after 1940, possibly in New York, NY, b. As part of the Met's Open Access policy, you can freely copy, modify and distribute this image, even for commercial purposes. Several events in the 1850s contributed to a growing belief among anti-slavery activists that the Slave Power, as they called it, had gained control of the U.S. government: the introduction of a brutal Fugitive Slave Law (1850) required northern citizens to assist in the capture of enslaved people who had escaped; the Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854) repealed an earlier ban on slavery in new territories north of the, In May 1856, Brown led his sons and three other men in what came to be known as the Pottawatomie Massacre, a three-day rampage during which they murdered five members of the pro-slavery territorial district court in front of their families, hacking them to death with broadswords. Songsheet featuring the lyrics of the John Brown Song, later called John Browns Body. Julia Ward Howe wrote new lyrics for the melody, producing The Battle Hymn of the Republic, which became the anthem of U.S. forces during the Civil War. View several of Curry's statehouse studies. 1892, Birmingham, AL; d. 1987, Panama City, FL, b. 1917, Pennsylvania; d. 2013, Hendersonville, NC, b. 1881, Louisville, KY; d. 1970, Louisville, KY, b. 1869, Floyd County, VA; d. 1951, Lynchburg, VA, b. 1917, Milwaukee, WI; d. 1992, Milwaukee, WI, b. This political cartoon depicts the pro-slavery congressman Preston Brooks attacking the anti-slavery Senator Charles Sumner with a cane on the Senate floor. 1869, Aiken County, SC; d. 1958, Columbia, SC, b. about 1877, MS; d. 1945, Lexington, MS, b. 1888, New York, NY; about 1977, La Jolla, CA, b. 1890, Spartanburg, SC; d. 1979, North Salem, NY, b. 1837, Charleston, SC; d. 1936, Charleston, SC, b. 1894, Detroit, MI; d. 1990, Santa Monica, CA, b. 1866, Boston, MA; d. 1937, Montclair, NJ, b. 1897, MA; active in Washington, DC, 1917, b. 1869, New Orleans, LA; d. 1959, Richmond, VA, b. 1926, Wiesbaden, Germany; d. 2014, Wellfleet, MA, b. Back of this group are the pioneers and their wagons on the endless trek to the West, and back of all the tornado and the raging prairie fire, fitting symbols of the destruction of the coming Civil War. 1870, Washington, DC; d. 1949, Washington, DC, b. 1895, Washington, DC; d. 1961, Washington, DC, b. 1881, Portsmouth, NH; d. 1960, Essex, CT, b. 1943, New Orleans, LA; d. 2008, New York, NY, b. 1896, Rome, GA; d. 1980, Chevy Chase, MD, b. 1884, Chapel Hill, NC; d. 1934, Asheville, NC, b. 1898, Greenwood, MS; d. 1987, Rosenberg, TX, b. Now numbering over two thousand names of established, exhibited female practitioners, this index is not comprehensive and is emphatically not presented as such. 1920, Baltimore, MD; d. 2000, Alexandria, VA, b. 1897, Boston, MA; d. 1981, Washington, DC, b. 1869, Nashville, AR; d. 1955, Prescott, AZ, b. 1882, Hingham, MA; d. 1944, New York, NY, b. 1894, Washington County, AR; d. 1976, Fayetteville, AR, b. 1913, Birmingham, AL; d. 2003, Birmingham, AL, b. 1940, Jackson, TN; d. 2004, Eureka, AR, b. 1899, Lewisberry, PA; d. 1960, Allen, PA, b. 1854, New Orleans, LA; d. 1941, New Orleans, LA, b. Curry depicts John Brown's role in Bleeding Kansas as a "tragic prelude" to the Civil War, with tornadoes and prairie fires in the background representing the coming destruction. 1878, New Orleans, LA; d. 1952, New Orleans, LA, b. 1912, Guntersville, AL; d. 1993, Guntersville, AL, b. 1923, New York, NY; d. 2014, Columbia, SC, b. Vernon, NY, b. 1890, Plainfield, NJ; d. 1977, Annandale, VA, b. We use cookies on our website. Other newspapers joined in, and the result was the Kansas Murals Commission. In addition, the Johnson Collection does not represent or warrant that the inforamtion accessible via this site is accurate, complete or current. 1928, Jamaica, West Indies; d. 2019, Falmouth, VA, b. 1889, Wilmington, NC; d. 1980, Wilmington, NC, b. 1877, Washington, DC; d. 1932, Washington, DC, b. The Johnson Collection's website may contain links to other websites that are not operated by the Johnson Collection. 1878, Baltimore, MD; d. 1953, Savannah, GA, b. 1903, New York; d. 2000, Greenwich Village, NY, b. 1900, New Orleans, LA; d. 1977, New Orleans, LA, b. Thank you for visiting the Johnson Collection website and reviewing our privacy policy. 154 West Main StreetSpartanburg, SC 29306, 100 Dunbar StreetSuite 203Spartanburg, SC 29306. 1877, Hagerstown, MD; d. 1968, Hagerstown, MD, b. 1877, Louisville, KY; d. 1969, Louisville, KY, b. 1883, Washington, DC; d. 1963, Pasadena, CA, b. 1892, Chestnut Hill, PA; d. 1985, Baltimore, MD, b. B." Oil on canvas, Dimensions: 1860, Cumberland County, NJ; d. 1934, Washington, DC, b. These limitations shall apply notwithstanding any failure of essential purpose of any limited remedy. 1892, Charleston, SC; d. 1984, Charleston, SC, b. 1917, St. Louis, MO; d. 2013, Schaumburg, IL, b. 1878, Halifax, VA; d. 1956, New Canaan, CT, b. 1903, Beloit, KS; d. 2006, Jacksonville, FL, b. 1870, New Orleans, LA; d. 1950, Biloxi, MS, b. 1874, Mobile, AL; d. 1958, Castle Hill, VA, b. 1893, Warren County, KY; d. 1981, Warren County, KY, b. 1896, Des Moines, IA; d. 1992, Bridgeport, CT, b. Curry left Kansas in disgust, abandoning the rest of his Capitol project, and did not sign this or the other completed work, Kansas Pastoral, because he considered the project incomplete. 1887, Baltimore, MD; d. 1982, Brentwood, NY, b. Brown was not, at this time, a well known figure, although he was active in abolitionist circles. Public domain data for this object can also be accessed using the Met's Open Access API. 1894, Nettie, WV; d. 1977, Richwood, WV, b. 1920, Waterbury, CT; d. circa 1996-1998, b. [5], The image was used as the album cover of Kansas (1974), the debut album of the rock band Kansas. 262. In 1937 a Kansan was selected to portray the story of Kansas in murals on the second floor. 1870, Hyde Park, MA; d. 1935, Washington, DC, b. 1905, Paducah, KY; d. 2008, Bardstown, KY, b. By accessing or using this site, you agree to these terms of use. 1920, El Paso, TX; d. 2013, Arlingon, IA, b. 1873, Louisville, KY; d. 1960, Louisville, KY, b. (John Brown, the Republican Party storming the Capitol, etc) rather than whitewashing the place with only interesting stories about the building itself. 1896, Carthage, MS; d. 1947, Jackson, MS, b. 1873, Lafayette, IN; d. 1963, New Orleans, LA, b. 1937, Philadelphia, PA; d. 2005, Winston-Salem, NC, b. 1875, Brooklyn, NY; d. 1959, Washington, DC, b. 1896, Winnsboro, SC; d. 1962, Washington, DC, b. 1879, Chicago, IL; d. after 1933, possibly in Chicago, IL, b. 1857, Nashville, TN; d. 1944, Nashville, TN, b. 1896, Baltimore, MD; d. 1986, Washington, DC, Brennan, Arrah Lee Gaul (see Gaul, Arrah Lee {Brennan}), b. Prophet. 1876, Scotland, d; 1966, Washington, DC, b. 1889, Tuscumbia, AL; d. 1978, Tuscumbia, AL, b. 1892, Atlanta, GA; d. 1972, Coral Gables, FL, b. 1847, Newport, NY; d. 1918, Asheville, NC, b. 1857, Philadelphia, PA; d. 1944, Philadelphia, PA, b. 1932, High Point, NC; d. 2008, Chapel Hill, NC, b. 1895, Guilford County, NC; d. 1984, Walnut Cove, NC, b. 1893, Franklin County, AL; d. 1985, Birmingham, AL, b. 1860, Philadelphia, PA; d. 1940, New Brunswick, Canada, b. 1948, Little Rock, AR; d. 2003, Memphis, TN, b. 1876, Chattooga County, GA; d. 1972, Winnetka, IL, b. 1854, Baltimore, MD; d. 1942, Jefferson County, KY, b. 1871, Columbia, SC; d. 1940, Brevard, NC, b. 1912, Charleston, WV; d. 1981, Miami, FL, b. "Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Art," January 10February 18, 1940, no. 1874, Richmond, VA; d. 1956, Richmond, VA, b. 1851, Charles Town, WV; d. 1931, Washington, DC, b. 1908, Jefferson County, KY; d. 2000, Louisville, KY, b. 1909, New York, NY; d. 1968, Pittsburgh, PA, b. 1829, Fincastle, VA; d. 1918, Ashland, KY, b. 1868, Lyons, NY; d. 1943, Vicksburg, MS, b. 1885, Nashville, TN; d. 1961, Nashville, TN, b. 1854, Louisville, KY; d. 1935, Louisville, KY, b. Madman. Due to rights restrictions, this image cannot be enlarged, viewed at full screen, or downloaded. Several events in the 1850s contributed to a growing belief among anti-slavery activists that the Slave Power, as they called it, had gained control of the U.S. government: the introduction of a brutal Fugitive Slave Law (1850) required northern citizens to assist in the capture of enslaved people who had escaped; the Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854) repealed an earlier ban on slavery in new territories north of the, Detail, John Steuart Curry, Tragic Prelude , 193742, oil and egg tempera 11 6 x 31 feet (Kansas statehouse, Topeka).

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