Liberty, the fair maid of Kansas--in the hands of the "border ruffians".
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- Title
- Liberty, the fair maid of Kansas--in the hands of the "border ruffians".
- Date
- ca. 1856]
- Notes
- Political print attributing violence in Kansas to the policies of the Democratic administration and its allies. At left, Secretary of State William L. Marcy and presidential candidate James Buchanan kneel over the body of a man. At center, President Franklin Pierce and Senator Lewis Cass, both wearing knives, pistols, tomahawks, and scalps in their belts, menace Liberty in the form of a kneeling woman. At right, Senator Stephen Douglas kneels on the chest of a farmer whose hand still holds a scythe. Douglas presses a knife to the man's head and holds up his scalp. At far left, a woman settler, driven insane by violence, mistakes a border ruffian for her husband, as the other ruffians laugh at her. In the background, other violence and pillage against men, women, and children go on.
- Print is attributed to John L. Magee by Reilly. See Reilly, B. American political prints, 1766-1876, 1991, p. 397.
- Names and Subjects
- Marcy, William L.--(William Learned),--1786-1857--Caricatures and cartoons.
- Buchanan, James,--1791-1868--Caricatures and cartoons.
- Pierce, Franklin,--1804-1869--Caricatures and cartoons.
- Cass, Lewis,--1782-1866--Caricatures and cartoons.
- Douglas, Stephen A.--(Stephen Arnold),--1813-1861--Caricatures and cartoons.
- United States.--Kansas-Nebraska Act
- Caricatures and cartoons--United States.
- Slavery--United States.
- Prints shelf.
- United States--History--1849-1877.
- Kansas--History--1854-1861.
- Magee, John L.,--artist.
- United States--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.
- ID
- 281
- Barcode
- B4885557
- Physical Description
- 1 print : lithograph ; 23.9 x 39 cm.
- Repository
- William L. Clements Library
- Date Added/Updated
- 2016-01-06 00:16:17
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- William L. Clements Library Image Bank
- Image Size
- 5149 x 3218
- File Size
- 2 MB
- Record
- 281
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"Liberty, the fair maid of Kansas--in the hands of the "border ruffians".". https://quod.lib.umich.edu/w/wcl1ic/x-281/wcl000354. In the digital collection William L. Clements Library Image Bank. William L. Clements Library, University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. April 29, 2024.