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Abolitionist John Brown disguised himself as a surveyor to monitor the activities of proslavery forces in the Kansas Territory. This painting by Samuel J. Reader depicts Brown approaching a Free State camp on Pony Creek in Brown County, Kansas Territory, on August 3, 1856. Reader is the sentry approaching him.
Creator: Samuel J. Reader
Date: 1906
Item Number: 209883
Call Number: 1983.5338.1
KSHS Identifier: 1983.5338.1
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Surveyors
Collections - Museum
Date - 1854-1860 - 1856
Date - 1900s - 1906
Military - Wars - Bleeding Kansas
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Original Art - Picture - Documentary
People - Notable Kansans - Reader, Samuel James, 1836-1914
People - Notable People - Brown, John, 1800-1859
Places - Counties - Brown
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
Type of Material - Objects and Artifacts
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