1900, Buffalo, KS; d. 1992, North Tarrytown, NY, b. Marietta, OH; active in Washington, DC, 1940s-1950s, b. Although Harpers Ferry was located in the slave state of Virginia, it was quite close to the free state of Pennsylvania (underlying map Google), The subsequent trial of Brown and his men for murder, inciting slave rebellion, and treason was widely reported in the national press. 1865, Mobile, AL; d. 1951, New York, NY, b. 1914, Lumberton, NC; d. 2002, Burnsville, NC, b. 1885, Cleveland, OH; d. 1936, Nashville, TN, b. 1894, Philadelphia, PA; d. 1983, Washington, DC, b. 1865, New Orleans, LA; d. 1927, New Orleans, LA, b. 1871, Baltimore, MD; d. 1950, Mathews, VA, b. 1910, Norfolk, VA; d. 2008, Richmond, VA, b. 1915, Savannah, GA; d. 2014, Charleston, SC, b. Kansas Statehouse - Public Art Guide ArtsConnect 1881, Savannah, GA; d. 1966, Savannah, GA, b. 1917, Pennsylvania; d. 2013, Hendersonville, NC, b. Free guided tours are available. Capitol Dome Tour - Review of Kansas State Capitol Building, Topeka, KS 1901, Martin County, NC; d. 1970, Martin County, NC, b. 1873, Oak Grove, VA; d. 1955, Falls Church, VA, b. 1888, Nashville, TN; d. 1969, Morgantown, WV, b. 1878, Dardanelle, AR; d. 1957, Dardanelle, AR, b. Mrs. A.Y. Albers, Annelise "Anni" Elsa Frieda Fleischmann, Burroughs, Victoria Margaret Taylor {Goss}, Catlett, Alice Elizabeth/Elizabeth Alice {White} {Mora}, Clark, Kate Freeman [a.k.a. and the caning of abolitionist Charles Sumner on the Senate floor.The Pottawatomie Massacre escalated the violence in Kansas to a fever pitch, drawing federal troops to the territory. 1926, Georgiana, AL; d. 2014, Pensacola, FL (buried Brewton, AL), b. Curry depicts John Brown's role in Bleeding Kansas as a "tragic prelude" to the Civil War, with tornadoes and prairie fires in the background representing the coming destruction. 1940, Fuquay, NC; d. 2015, Ann Arbor, MI, b. 1856, Allegheny, PA; d. after 1931, possibly in NJ, b. 1910, Memphis, TN; d. 1988, Memphis, TN, b. The goal is to keep every town viable that shows the will and spirit to help itself. 1887, Lynchburg, VA; d. 1980, Lynchburg, VA, b. 1870, Pulaski, TN; d. 1952, Biloxi, MS, b. 1854, Louisville, KY; d. 1935, Louisville, KY, b. 1868, Washington, DC; d. 1929, Washington, DC, b. 1878, Baltimore, MD; d. 1958, Pikesville, MD, b. 1866, Jacinto, MS; d. 1944, Corinth, MS, b. His speech upon conviction, in which he proclaimed that if it is deemed necessary that I should forfeit my life for the furtherance of the ends of justice, and mingle my blood further with the blood of my children and with the blood of millions in this slave country whose rights are disregarded by wicked, cruel, and unjust enactments, I submit; so let it be done! was printed in 50 newspapers, including on the front page of. Kansas was then the site of a territorial civil war known as Bleeding Kansas, the result of the Kansas-Nebraska Acts provision allowing the residents of the territory to vote on whether to allow slavery. 1905, Columbia, SC; d. 1990, Tryon, NC, b. 1855, Worcester, MA; d. 1940, Brookline, MA, b. 1862, Richardson County, NE; d. 1952, Washington, DC, b. 1906, Birmingham, AL; d. 1972 (buried Birmingham, AL), b. 1894, Washington County, AR; d. 1976, Fayetteville, AR, b. 1874, Mobile, AL; d. 1958, Castle Hill, VA, b. 1847, Bourbon County, KY; d. 1921, Paris, KY, b. John L. Magee, Although he was under indictment for the Pottawatomie murders, Brown managed to evade capture and make his way to the northeast, where he was received enthusiastically by abolitionists. To learn more about cookies, how we use them and how to revise your cookie settings, Kutak Rock LLP is ISO 27001:2013 certified, {{result.label}} | {{result.contentType}}. 1867, St. James Parish, LA; d. 1950, New Orleans, LA, b. 1838, Adair County, KY; d. 1922, Louisville, KY, b. 1896, Gerrish Island, ME; d. 1976, Arlington, VA, b. 1888, Philadelphia, PA; d. 1947, Washington, DC, b. 1889, Maury County, TN; d. 1982, Columbia, TN, b. 1869, Nashville, AR; d. 1955, Prescott, AZ, b. 1888, N. Arlington, VA; d. 1976, Washington, DC, b. 1873, Baltimore, MD; d. 1951, Savannah, GA, b. Brown and his allies engaged in battle with pro-slavery forces throughout the summer of 1856, becoming a ruthless leader whom southern slaveholders feared and northern abolitionists admired. 1903, Hannaford, ND; d. 1993, Estes Park, CO, b. 1831, New Orleans, LA; d. 1914, New Orleans, LA, b. His actions contributed to such paranoia among slaveholders about the future of slavery in the United States that, In the first half of the 19th century, the U.S. government worked to maintain the balance of political power between free and slave states by ensuring that their numbers remained equal. 1914, New Orleans, LA; d. 2010, Conway, AR, b. 1917, Guilford County, NC; d. 2002, Greensboro, NC, b. 1887, Baltimore, MD; d. 1982, Brentwood, NY, b. 1887, Elkridge, MD; d. 1980, La Jolla, CA, b. 1857, Florence, Italy; d. 1918, Baltimore, MD, b. 1927, Shanghai, China; d. 1958, Port Chester, NY, b. 1904, Hull, MA; d. 1985, New Orleans, LA, b. 1903, Beloit, KS; d. 2006, Jacksonville, FL, b. Contact: State capitol, 785.296.3966; capitol@kshs.org. 1893, Louisville, KY; d. 1964, Louisville, KY, b. 1917, Red Springs, NC; d. 2005, Parkersburg, WV, b. 1884, Smiths Grove, KY; d. 1960, Walterboro, SC, b. 1918, Covington City, VA; d. 2006, Kilmarnock, VA (b. Henderson, NC), b. 1869, Washington, DC; d. 1927, Washington, DC, b. Curry did not revere Brown, describing him as a "bloodythirsty, god-fearing maniac." [1] The growing sectional divide of the 1850s In the foreground, men wearing the uniforms of soldiers on each side of the Civil War lay dead at Browns feet. 1894, New York, NY; d. 1981, Santa Fe, NM, b. 1851, Charles Town, WV; d. 1931, Washington, DC, b. 1858, Dayton, OH; d. after 1915, possibly in San Diego, CA, b. 1897, Washington, DC; d. 1983, Gloucester, MA, b. Adobe and Microsoft operate under their own privacy and security policies, and the way they may collect and use information can be further evaluated at: www.adobe.com and www.microsoft.com. 1909, Ashe County, NC; d. 2007, Ashe County, NC, b. 1881, Charleston, WV; d. 1974, Sarasota, FL, b. 1882, Astoria, IL; d. 1936, Alexandria, VA, b. 1895, Jackson, MS; d. 1978, Jackson, MS, b. Based on The Tragic Prelude, Curry's mural for the rotunda of the Kansas State Capitol, this lithograph portrays the abolitionist martyr John Brown, best remembered for his failed attempt to incite a slave uprising by raiding a military arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia, in 1859. Vernon, NY, b. 1875, Vance, AL; d. 1957, Birmingham, AL, b. 1872, Washington, DC; d. 1968, Washington, DC, b. The newly formed group signed with Kirshner Records in 1973 and traveled to New York to record their first release. In 1937 a Kansan was selected to portray the story of Kansas in murals on the second floor. 1895, Aiken, SC; d. 1968, Mlaga, Spain, b. 1905, Hazlehurst, GA; d. 1959, Athens, GA, b. 1867, Washington, DC; d. 1948, Washington, DC, b. 1915, Clemson, SC; d. 1987, Clemson, SC, b. 1890, San Rafael, CA; d. 1946, Columbia, SC, b. 1900, Richmond, VA; d. 1985, Wilmington, NC, b. 1866, Rochester, MN; d. 1958, Amsterdam, NY, b. You'll find it by the John Brown painting . 1884, New York, NY; d. 1955, Southampton, NY, b. 1904, New Orleans, LA; d. 1962, New Orleans, LA, b. 1885, Stoneham, MA; d. 1954, Louisville, KY, b. Curry's critics disliked his color scheme and the over-all menacing effect of the mural. He was the eldest child of Thomas Smith Curry and Margaret Stueart, both of whom were raised on mid-western farms but had been college educated. 1875, Philadelphia, PA; d. 1930, Switzerland, b. 1899, Knoxville, TN; d. 1971, Knoxville, TN, b. 1888, Charleston; WV d. 1973, White Sulphur Springs, WV, b. 1870, Salisbury, NC; d. 1960, Chapel Hill, NC, b. 1892, Washington, DC; d. 1960, Indianapolis, IN, b. 1886, MI; d. 1940 (buried in Arlington, VA), b. 1877, Providence, RI; d. 1945, Providence, RI, Woodward, Martha Dewing [a.k.a. It is 11 feet 4 inches (350 cm) tall, and 31 feet (940 cm) long.[3]. 1917, St. Louis, MO; d. 2013, Schaumburg, IL, b. 1890, Baltimore, MD; d. 1975, Goshen, NY, b. Lowell, MA; d. about 1936, Washington, DC, b. 1902, Washington, DC; d. 1983, Dallas, TX, b. ArtsConnect | 909 N Kansas Ave Topeka, KS 66608. 1908, Wilmington, NC; d. 1979, Wilmington, NC, b. 1894, Harrisburg, PA; d. 1959, Charlotte, NC, b. 1889, Tuscumbia, AL; d. 1978, Tuscumbia, AL, b. 1858, Kingfield, ME; d. 1937, Kingfield, ME, b. 1875, Hendersonville, NC; d. 1958, Miami, FL (buried Nashville, TN), b. 1913, Burlington, NC; d. 1992, Wilmington, NC, b. 1889, New Orleans, LA; d. 1934, Metairie, LA, b. 1879, Columbia, SC; d. 1956, Charleston, SC, b. Brown was not, at this time, a well known figure, although he was active in abolitionist circles. 1864, Grafton, WV; d. 1952, New Orleans, LA, b. 1859, Fredonia, NY; d. 1936, Minneapolis, MN, b. 1866, Boston, MA; d. 1937, Montclair, NJ, b. 1869, Monticello, FL; d. 1969, Los Angeles, CA, b. 1889, Jefferson, AL; d. 1984, Demopolis, AL, b. Address: 300 SW 10th, Topeka, KS 66612 Phone: 785.296.3966Website: www.kshs.org/places/capitol/index.htm. 1898, Washington, DC; d. 1973, Tucson, AZ, b. [2] The Commission decided, not without some controversy, that in contrast with the Missouri Capitol, where Benton was one of several artists, Curry would be the sole artist to create murals for the Kansas Capitol, on the theme of Kansas history. 1899, Roanoke, VA; d. 1996, Santa Barbara, CA, b. 1888, Gering, NE; d. 1973, Kingsport, TN, b. 1875, Bridgeport, AL; d. 1945, Oxford, GA, b. 1862, Edgefield, SC; d. 1968, Edgefield, SC, b. 1901, Norfolk, VA; d. 1938, Albany, NY, b. 1872, Auburn, KS; d. 1957, Plainfield, NJ, b. 1908, Rockingham County, NC; d. 1997, Spruce Pine, NC, Tracy, Lois Rachel Bartlett Walker (Bartlett Tracy), b. 1861, Mount Vernon, NY; d. 1950, Palatka, FL, b. 1872, Pittsburgh, PA; d. 1964, Kenwood, MD, b. B." 1916, Chicago, IL; d. 1993, Woodstock, NY, b. 1865, France; d. 1926, New Orleans, LA, b. 1921, England; d. 2000, Baton Rouge, LA, b. 1868, Jenkintown, PA; d. 1940, Pittsburgh, PA, b. 1883, Independence, MO; d. 1976, Washington, DC, b. 1876, Richmond, VA; d. 1960, Charlottesville, VA, b. 1879, Nelson County, VA; d. 1927, New York, NY, b. Kansas State Historical Society, 785.272.8681, ext. 1887, Spartanburg, SC; d. 1984, Spartanburg, SC, b. 1933, Elmhurst, IL; d. 2015, South Acworth, NH, b. 1888, Sewanee, TN; d. 1972, Memphis, TN, b. 1873, Charleston, SC; d. 1941, Savannah, GA, b. 1931, Aberdeen, MS; d. 1988, Memphis, TN, b. [2] But once the Civil War was underway, Browns courageous fight against slavery took on new resonance. 1824, South Gloucestershire, England; d. 1917, Oldland, South Gloucestershire, England, b. 1892, Athens, AL; d. 1990, Nashville, TN, b. 1983, MA; d. 1943, Pinellas County, FL, b. 1913, Memphis, TN; d. 1995, Memphis, TN, b. 1865, Louisville, KY; d. 1954, Louisville, KY, b. 1876, Scotland, d; 1966, Washington, DC, b. 1884, Washington, DC; d. 1941, Charlottesville, VA, b. At the Kansas Capitol, progress always comes with pain - Salina Post 1858, Des Moines; IA; d. 1947, Morgantown, WV, b. 1903, Savannah, GA; d. 1974, Dover, NH, b. 1847, Newport, NY; d. 1918, Asheville, NC, b. 1873, Louisville, KY; d. 1960, Louisville, KY, b. (John Brown, the Republican Party storming the Capitol, etc) rather than whitewashing the place with only interesting stories about the building itself. 1857, Canemount, MS; d. 1933, Baltimore, MD, b. 1911, Vicksburg, MS; d. 1985, New Orleans, LA, b. 1923, New Orleans, LA; d. 2012, Los Angeles, CA, b. 1891, Newburgh, NY; d. 1978, Norfolk, VA, b. It was donated by the Kansas Pioneer Womens Association, founded by women who came to Kansas as pioneers or were daughters of early settlers. 1911, Albany, NY; d. 2002, Pittsburgh, PA, b. al., John Brown Song!, 1861. 1870, Glendale, OH; d. 1955, Columbus, OH, b. With those caveats in place, the information presented includes: artists name (including birth and married names, nicknames, professional monikers, and pseudonyms, where applicable); artists life dates (ideally with birth and death locations, and occasionally with place of burial); and the Southern state or states with which the particular artist was associated (whether by birth, residency, education, or exhibition activity). 1878, Fairfax, VA; d. 1976, Washington, DC, Askew, Elizabeth Hoevel [Joel Marhoe, pseud. 1858, New York, NY; d. 1942, Tryon, NC, b. 1904, Frankfurt, Germany; d. 1996, Teaneck, NJ, b. 1922, Ahoskie, NC; d. 2013, Wilmington, NC, b. 1852, Alexandria, VA; d. 1931, Charleston, SC, b. 1863?, Murfreesboro, TN; d. 1935, Nashville, TN, Ney, Franzisca Bernadina Wilhelmina Elisabeth "Elisabet", b. 1871, Elgin, IL; d. 1918, Huntington, WV, b. Pleasant, SC; d. 2010, Mt. 1882, Washington, DC; d. 1957, Washington, DC, Weeden, Maria Howard [a.k.a. 1875, Augusta, GA; d. 1967, Augusta, GA, b. 1895, Brooklyn, NY; d. 1994, Hastings, NE, b. [1]:124, A study for the mural is in the Spencer Museum. 1869, Jackson, MS; d. 1949, New Orleans, LA, b. 1893, Brooklyn, NY; d. 1973, Washington, DC, b. 1896, Bowling Green, KY; d. 1997, Jacksonville, FL, b. 1881, Hadley, MA; d. 1973, Volusia, FL, b. 1898, North Girard, PA; d. 1968, Hyattsville, MD, b. 1918, Washington, DC; d. 2007, Albuquerque, NM, b. Beside him facing each other are the contending free soil and pro-slavery forces. 1889, Nogales, Mexico; d. 1939, Raleigh, NC, b. 1931, Knoxville, TN; d. 2017, San Jose, CA, b. 1896, Fort Robinson, NE; d. 1977, Washington, DC, b. But, as the country expanded west to territories across the Mississippi River, with American settlers displacing the Indigenous inhabitants and forming new states, that balance began to falter. 1894, Mobile, AL; d. 1977, Gerrardstown, WV, b. 1889, Arkansas City, KS; d. after 1977, possibly in CO, b. 1905, Tuscaloosa, AL; d. 2004, Greenville, SC, b. 1917, Charlotte, NC; d. 1984, Charlotte, NC, b. IL; d. 1972, Nashville, TN, b. 1909, Liletown, KY; d. 1990, Columbia, KY, b. 1861, New Orleans, LA; d. 1931, Washington, DC, b. Address: 300 SW 10th, Topeka, KS 66612 Phone: 785.296.3966Website: www.kshs.org/places/capitol/index.htm. 1916, Charleston, SC; d. 2011, Palm Coast, FL, b. Location: 10th and Jackson in the Kansas State Capitol . 1897, Spartanburg, SC; d. 1988, Nashville, TN, b. . 1911, Charleston, SC; d. 1975, New Orleans, LA, b. 1882, Henderson, KY: d. 1963, Monticello, FL, b. 1860, Rushville, IN; d. 1924, Washington, DC, b. 1900, Norfolk, VA; d. 1959, Arlington, VA, b. 1860, Savannah, GA; d. 1914, Washington, DC, b. 1919, Ontario, Canada; d. 2005, Bay City, MI, b. 1853, Savannah, GA; d. 1907, Northhampton, MA, b. 1903, PA; d. 2006, Montgomery County, PA, b.