https://padlet.com/s_sewell_cooper/ry7no61laszm Made Kansas a Free State en-us 2018-02-02 18:30:03 UTC 2018-02-08 14:47:36 UTC hello@padlet.com s_sewell_cooper https://padlet.com/s_sewell_cooper/ry7no61laszm/wish/227625328 Daniel R. Anthony was a man of strong abolitionist convictions who aggressively voiced his opinions as the postmaster, mayor, and dominant newspaper publisher in Leavenworth, Kansas. While Anthony’s contentious and radical nature isolated some of his contemporaries, he helped shape the territory of Kansas into a free state.]]> 2018-02-02 18:39:44 UTC https://padlet.com/s_sewell_cooper/ry7no61laszm/wish/227625328 s_sewell_cooper https://padlet.com/s_sewell_cooper/ry7no61laszm/wish/227626489 A picture of Anthony Daniel Read (1824-1904]]> 2018-02-02 18:42:24 UTC https://padlet.com/s_sewell_cooper/ry7no61laszm/wish/227626489 s_sewell_cooper https://padlet.com/s_sewell_cooper/ry7no61laszm/wish/227628480 - Born on August 22, 1824, in Massachusetts
- He helped the Massachusetts Emigrant Aid Society establish
- Anthony chose Leavenworth to be his home in June 1857
- He established his town’s newspaper, ironically named the Leavenworth Conservative, in 1861.
- When the Kansas Herald’s R. C. Scatter Lee accused Anthony of being a coward in 1861, Anthony shot Scatter Lee dead in a street duel
-Anthony took matters into his own hands and “ruined” Pleasant Hill Missouri, by stealing away an estimated $150,000 worth of property and slaves from that town in January 1861
- In May 1875, one of Anthony’s political enemies shot and almost killed him, and only a painstaking surgery saved his life. However, the strong opposition did not deter him from participating in local politics
-He died November 12, 1904, on Leavenworth, Kansas]]> 2018-02-02 18:46:32 UTC https://padlet.com/s_sewell_cooper/ry7no61laszm/wish/227628480 s_sewell_cooper https://padlet.com/s_sewell_cooper/ry7no61laszm/wish/227636549 2018-02-02 19:04:29 UTC https://padlet.com/s_sewell_cooper/ry7no61laszm/wish/227636549 s_sewell_cooper https://padlet.com/s_sewell_cooper/ry7no61laszm/wish/227637013 2018-02-02 19:05:36 UTC https://padlet.com/s_sewell_cooper/ry7no61laszm/wish/227637013