Inside View of the Lower Prison Room at Lecompton185-?Artist's sketch. Drawing depicts how the Free-State men were held prisoner by Pro-slavery men at Lecompton. The man at the left, reading a letter aloud, is Col. Henry C. Titus. He was trying to persuade the prisoners to join him in a filibustering expedition to Nicaragua. The illustration was originally taken from John Speer's <Life of Gen. James H. Lane> (1896). Information taken from David Dary's <Pictorial History of Lawrence Douglas County, Kansas>. Pictured: William Bowles; O. Langworthy; Th. Bikerton; Jos. Boyer; T.P. Brown; A. Cutler; C. Hyde; J. Stone; A.J. Payne; Th. W. Porterfield; P.R. White; A.H. ParkerStillImageKansas--LecomptonPrisonersPrisonsAbolitionists1850-1860SooleySmithAbolition movementphotographelectronicimage/tiffRH PH P694The copyright and related rights status of this Item has not been evaluated. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.ku-kscoll:2508https://digital.lib.ku.edu/ku-kscoll/2508