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"In the Beginning" by Fred Olds. From postcard from the Oklahoma Territorial Museum.

Oswatomie's Addair Cabin bore witness to John Brown's abolitionist struggle

Betty June Starr Whelan Cherokee Collection, MS-188
MS188-03-03: Indians III: · Page 6.11
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Betty June Starr Whelan Cherokee Collection, MS-188
MS188-03-03: Indians III:
Page 6.11
Material type
Newspaper Clippings (Newspaper / Clipping)
Description
John Brown is associated with the proslavery and free-state struggle of the Kansas territorial period. Brown settled in Osawatomie and frequented the Addair cabin which was owned by his step-sister Florella. Brown and his followers were attacked by proslavery men in the "Battle of Osawatomie" where the settlement was burned. The Addair Cabin has been preserved and many pieces of the original furniture are still in the cabin's front room, and the meodcon that was played at Browns' funeral is on display.
Subjects and names
John Brown, Pro-slavery, Anti-slavery, Osawatomie, Addair Cabin, Battle of Osawatomie.

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