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Brosseau Center for Learning: Slavery and Abolition

March 22, 2022–April 10, 2022

Gallery 318, The Jack and Lavon Brosseau Center for Learning, Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas

This installation of art related to the Civil War supports the visit of a KU English class focused on the literature of slavery and abolition.

Works of art

Abraham Lincoln, Mathew B. Brady; John Chester Buttre — Mathew B. Brady; John Chester Buttre

Abraham Lincoln, circa 1864

Uncle Tom and Eva figure — Uncle Tom and Eva figure, 1852–1860s

John Brown, John Steuart Curry — John Steuart Curry

John Brown, 1939

The Beginning, Kara Walker; Landfall Press; Steve Campbell — Kara Walker; Landfall Press; Steve Campbell

The Beginning, 1995

The Hunt, Kara Walker; Landfall Press; Steve Campbell — Kara Walker; Landfall Press; Steve Campbell

The Hunt, 1995

The Chase, Kara Walker; Landfall Press; Steve Campbell — Kara Walker; Landfall Press; Steve Campbell

The Chase, 1995

The Plunge, Kara Walker; Landfall Press; Steve Campbell — Kara Walker; Landfall Press; Steve Campbell

The Plunge, 1995

The End, Kara Walker; Steve Campbell — Kara Walker; Steve Campbell

The End, 1995

Anti-Slavery Mass Meeting!, Tim O'Brien — Tim O'Brien

Anti-Slavery Mass Meeting!, 2003

antislavery medallion, Josiah Wedgwood & Sons Ltd. — Josiah Wedgwood & Sons Ltd.

antislavery medallion, 1787, likely cast between 1790–1910

For forty years John Brown reflected on the hopeless and miserable conditions of the slaves., Jacob Lawrence — Jacob Lawrence

For forty years John Brown reflected on the hopeless and miserable conditions of the slaves., 1974–1977

John Brown formed an organization among the colored people of the Adirondack woods to resist the capture of any fugitive slaves., Jacob Lawrence — Jacob Lawrence

John Brown formed an organization among the colored people of the Adirondack woods to resist the capture of any fugitive slaves., 1974–1977

Kansas was now the skirmish ground of the Civil War., Jacob Lawrence — Jacob Lawrence

Kansas was now the skirmish ground of the Civil War., 1974–1977

John Brown’s victory at Black Jack drove those pro-slavery to new fury, and those who were anti-slavery to new efforts., Jacob Lawrence — Jacob Lawrence

John Brown’s victory at Black Jack drove those pro-slavery to new fury, and those who were anti-slavery to new efforts., 1974–1977

John Brown remained a full winter in Canada, drilling negroes for his coming raid on Harper’s Ferry., Jacob Lawrence — Jacob Lawrence

John Brown remained a full winter in Canada, drilling negroes for his coming raid on Harper’s Ferry., 1974–1977

After John Brown’s capture, he was put on trial for his life in Charles Town, Virginia (now West Virginia)., Jacob Lawrence — Jacob Lawrence

After John Brown’s capture, he was put on trial for his life in Charles Town, Virginia (now West Virginia)., 1974–1977

John Brown was found “guilty of treason and murder in the first degree” and was hanged in Charles Town, Virginia, on December 2, 1859., Jacob Lawrence — Jacob Lawrence

John Brown was found “guilty of treason and murder in the first degree” and was hanged in Charles Town, Virginia, on December 2, 1859., 1974–1977

Image not available — Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom

John Brown figure, circa 1860