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<dl><dd>xi, 366 pages, [2] leaves of plates : 20 cm</dd>
<dd>Kansas territorial days by the wife of a politically active abolitionist, and governor of the "Free-State" of Kansas, Topeka government, which was disallowed by the United States in 1856. The book concerns the events around this Free State government, the battle in Lawrence, and Robinson's ousting and imprisonment. Robinson would later be nominated and win the official Territorial governorship in 1859</dd>
<dd>Copyright 1856, by Crosby, Nichols &amp; Co</dd>
<dd>"Stereotyped by Hobart &amp; Robbins, New England Type and Stereotype Foundry, Boston"--Verso of title page</dd>
<dd>Plates with guard tissue sheets</dd>
<dd>extracted picklist 20081216</dd></dl><br>Subjects: Abolitionists -- Kansas; Social conflict -- Kansas -- History -- 19th century; Slavery -- Political aspects -- Kansas -- History -- 19th century; Kansas -- History -- 1854-1861; Kansas -- Politics and government; Kansas -- Social conditions -- 19th century</div>
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Robinson, Sara T. L. (Sara Tappan Lawrence), 1827-1911, author</div>
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