[March 30, 1855] The Missourians began to come in early in the morning, some 500 or 600 of them in wagons and carriages, and on horseback, under the lead of…
July 2, 1855. Mr. Stringfellow, the most ulta advocate of pro-slavery propagandism in in the West, at the instance of the friends of the Administration, was elected to the…
That he [Governor Reeder] was unduly suspicious of plots against his life and subject to alarm will appear from an incident that occurred while he was yet governor and…
[September 8, 1855.] He [Governor Shannon] then enters the Territory & locates himself at the Methodist Mission—the head-quarters of Slavery propogandism—he uses no means to communicate with the bona-fide…
Letter from Mrs. Clarina Irene Howard Nichols. Battleboro, January 5 [1855]. Kanzas. But just while the item is in my thoughts, allow me a word in reference to slavery…
J. Butler Chapman, History of Kansas and Emigrant’s Guide 1855. pp. 30-34. Read the book. Chapter VII Having described a district of country along the north side of the…
Gov. Shannon. We stated in the last number of the Herald of Freedom, that Gov. Shannon had passed this place the day previous, and had gone to the Lecompton,…
From the New York Tribune. From Kansas. Johnson’s Mission, K. T., May 26, 1855. This is the headquarters of the pro-slavery party in Kansas, and the Rev. Mr. Johnson…
The Shawnee Treaty Lawrence, February 9th, 1855 EDITOR HERALD OF FREEDOM: As this very important treaty has not yet been read by our citizens generally, I will give some of…
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