The John Brown Memorial Park

The John Brown Memorial Park

The John Brown Memorial Park was dedicated in 1910 by Theodore Roosevelt to commemorate the Battle of Osawatomie (1856), part of the Bleeding Kansas era (1856-1861) of the pre-Civil War free state/slave state debate. The site itself is the battlefield where slaveholding Missourians who had crossed i...

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Published in:The Public Historian Vol. 27; no. 4; pp. 91 - 95
Main Author: Wolford, John B.
Format: Book Review Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Santa Barbara University of California Press 01-11-2005
University of California Press Books Division
Subjects:
Abolitionism
Battlefields
Civil wars
Cultural history
Gulf languages
Historic buildings & sites
Military engagements
Military history
Museum exhibits
Outlawry
Pacifism
Parks & recreation areas
Slavery
Violent crimes
Volunteerism
John Brown Memorial Park-Osawatomie KS
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Summary:The John Brown Memorial Park was dedicated in 1910 by Theodore Roosevelt to commemorate the Battle of Osawatomie (1856), part of the Bleeding Kansas era (1856-1861) of the pre-Civil War free state/slave state debate. The site itself is the battlefield where slaveholding Missourians who had crossed into Kansas avenged the Pottawatomie Creek Massacre in Missouri.
ISSN:0272-3433
1533-8576
DOI:10.1525/tph.2005.27.4.91