Nov 17, 2016 - Sale 2432

Sale 2432 - Lot 185

Price Realized: $ 1,500
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Estimate: $ 500 - $ 750
(KANSAS.) The Famine in Kansas! Letterpress broadside, 7 3/4 x 11 1/4 inches; edges reinforced on verso, cello tape stains on top edge, "Michigan" inked in lower margin, tipped into modern mat. Marshall, MI, 6 December 1860
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The struggle over slavery in Kansas had inspired emigrant aid societies across the country, supporting free-state settlers in the new territory. While the violence ended in 1859 with the passage of a constitution banning slavery, a serious drought soon brought famine, so a new wave of aid societies sprung up. This broadside advertises a lecture in southern Michigan "for the purpose of organizing a society to solicit, receive and forward supplies to the starving ones in Kansas. J.J. Lyon, accredited agent of the Kansas Aid Association, will present . . . the facts and figures in relation to the deplorable destitution of the people in that unfortunate Territory." None traced in OCLC or at auction.