Brosseau Center for Learning: Bleeding Kansas, Slavery, Abolition

Exhibition

Exhibition Overview

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Brosseau Center for Learning: Bleeding Kansas, Slavery, Abolition
Gallery 318, The Jack and Lavon Brosseau Center for Learning, Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas

Selections for Rachel Schwaller’s HIST 348 History of the Peoples of Kansas and Laura Mielke’s ENGL 317 Slavery and Abolition in Literature

Works of art

Statue of John Brown, Osawatomie, Margaret Evelyn Whittemore
Margaret Evelyn Whittemore
Chapman Family of Boston
Margaret Evelyn Whittemore
Uncle Tom and Eva figure
Margaret Evelyn Whittemore
Uncle Tom and Eva figure, 1852–1860s
John Brown, John Steuart Curry; Associated American Artists
John Steuart Curry; Associated American Artists
John Brown, 1939
View of Early Lawrence, Kansas, Clarina Irene Howard Nichols
Clarina Irene Howard Nichols
Lawrence Massacre, Mural design for Fort Scott Kansas, Ethel Magafan
Ethel Magafan
Lawrence Massacre, Mural design for the Fort Scott Post Office, Ethel Magafan
Ethel Magafan
The Beginning, Kara Walker; Landfall Press; Steve Campbell
Kara Walker; Landfall Press; Steve Campbell
General Jim Lane's House, Lawrence, Kansas, Alexander Gardner
Alexander Gardner
The Hunt, Kara Walker; Landfall Press; Steve Campbell
Kara Walker; Landfall Press; Steve Campbell
The Hunt, 1995
The Chase, Kara Walker; Landfall Press; Steve Campbell
Kara Walker; Landfall Press; Steve Campbell
The Chase, 1995
The Plunge, Kara Walker; Landfall Press; Steve Campbell
Kara Walker; Landfall Press; Steve Campbell
The Plunge, 1995
The End, Kara Walker; Steve Campbell
Kara Walker; Steve Campbell
The End, 1995
The Ballad of Quantrill's Raiders, Joe Coleman
Joe Coleman
The Day of Our Enslavement!!, Tim O'Brien
Tim O'Brien
Anti-Slavery Mass Meeting!, Tim O'Brien
Tim O'Brien
antislavery medallion, Josiah Wedgwood & Sons Ltd.; Josiah Wedgwood I; William Hackwood
Josiah Wedgwood & Sons Ltd.; Josiah Wedgwood I; William Hackwood
antislavery medallion, 1787, likely cast between 1790–1910
John Brown, Josh MacPhee; C & D Printshop
Josh MacPhee; C & D Printshop
John Brown, 1999
For forty years John Brown reflected on the hopeless and miserable conditions of the slaves., Jacob Lawrence; Ives-Sillman, Inc.; Founders Society of the Detroit Institute of Arts; Sirocco Screenprinters
Jacob Lawrence; Ives-Sillman, Inc.; Founders Society of the Detroit Institute of Arts; Sirocco Screenprinters
John Brown, while tending his flock in Ohio, first communicated with his sons and daughters his plans of attacking slavery by force., Jacob Lawrence; Ives-Sillman, Inc.; Founders Society of the Detroit Institute of Arts; Sirocco Screenprinters
Jacob Lawrence; Ives-Sillman, Inc.; Founders Society of the Detroit Institute of Arts; Sirocco Screenprinters
John Brown formed an organization among the colored people of the Adirondack woods to resist the capture of any fugitive slaves., Jacob Lawrence; Ives-Sillman, Inc.; Founders Society of the Detroit Institute of Arts; Sirocco Screenprinters
Jacob Lawrence; Ives-Sillman, Inc.; Founders Society of the Detroit Institute of Arts; Sirocco Screenprinters
To the people he found worthy of trust, he communicated his plans., Jacob Lawrence; Ives-Sillman, Inc.; Founders Society of the Detroit Institute of Arts; Sirocco Screenprinters
Jacob Lawrence; Ives-Sillman, Inc.; Founders Society of the Detroit Institute of Arts; Sirocco Screenprinters
Kansas was now the skirmish ground of the Civil War., Jacob Lawrence; Ives-Sillman, Inc.; Founders Society of the Detroit Institute of Arts; Sirocco Screenprinters
Jacob Lawrence; Ives-Sillman, Inc.; Founders Society of the Detroit Institute of Arts; Sirocco Screenprinters
Those pro-slavery were murdered by those anti-slavery., Jacob Lawrence; Ives-Sillman, Inc.; Founders Society of the Detroit Institute of Arts; Sirocco Screenprinters
Jacob Lawrence; Ives-Sillman, Inc.; Founders Society of the Detroit Institute of Arts; Sirocco Screenprinters
John Brown’s victory at Black Jack drove those pro-slavery to new fury, and those who were anti-slavery to new efforts., Jacob Lawrence; Ives-Sillman, Inc.; Founders Society of the Detroit Institute of Arts; Sirocco Screenprinters
Jacob Lawrence; Ives-Sillman, Inc.; Founders Society of the Detroit Institute of Arts; Sirocco Screenprinters
John Brown, after long meditation, planned to fortify himself somewhere in the mountains of Virginia or Tennessee and there make raids on surrounding plantations, freeing slaves., Jacob Lawrence; Ives-Sillman, Inc.; Founders Society of the Detroit Institute of Arts; Sirocco Screenprinters
Jacob Lawrence; Ives-Sillman, Inc.; Founders Society of the Detroit Institute of Arts; Sirocco Screenprinters
John Brown made many trips to Canada organizing for his assault on Harper’s Ferry., Jacob Lawrence; Ives-Sillman, Inc.; Founders Society of the Detroit Institute of Arts; Sirocco Screenprinters
Jacob Lawrence; Ives-Sillman, Inc.; Founders Society of the Detroit Institute of Arts; Sirocco Screenprinters
John Brown remained a full winter in Canada, drilling negroes for his coming raid on Harper’s Ferry., Jacob Lawrence; Ives-Sillman, Inc.; Founders Society of the Detroit Institute of Arts; Sirocco Screenprinters
Jacob Lawrence; Ives-Sillman, Inc.; Founders Society of the Detroit Institute of Arts; Sirocco Screenprinters
John Brown held Harper’s Ferry for twelve hours. His defeat was a few hours off., Jacob Lawrence; Ives-Sillman, Inc.; Founders Society of the Detroit Institute of Arts; Sirocco Screenprinters
Jacob Lawrence; Ives-Sillman, Inc.; Founders Society of the Detroit Institute of Arts; Sirocco Screenprinters
After John Brown’s capture, he was put on trial for his life in Charles Town, Virginia (now West Virginia)., Jacob Lawrence; Ives-Sillman, Inc.; Founders Society of the Detroit Institute of Arts; Sirocco Screenprinters
Jacob Lawrence; Ives-Sillman, Inc.; Founders Society of the Detroit Institute of Arts; Sirocco Screenprinters