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Liberty, the Fair Maid of Kansas--in the Hands of the "Border Ruffians." political cartoon, 1856

In the foreground of this image, Franklin Pierce, Lewis Cass, James Buchanan, William Marcy, and Stephen Douglas, drawn as "border ruffians" of the Kansas territory, menace Columbia, the female personification of liberty. Following the 1854 Kansas-Nebraska Act, which allowed the inhabitant...

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Main Author: John L. Magee, circa 1820-1870 (Creator)
Collection:Historical Society of Pennsylvania large graphics collection (#V65)
Date:1856
Alternate Date:1856
Dimensions:54 x 34 cm
Extent:1 loose sheet
Call Number:Bc 612 Lf 15
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: John L. Magee, circa 1820-1870
Subjects and Genres:
Lithograph
Political cartoons
Copyright:Please contact Historical Society of Pennsylvania Rights and Reproductions (rnr@hsp.org)
Online Access:https://digitallibrary.hsp.org/index.php/Detail/objects/11730
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