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Tour the battlefield where John Brown,
fierce opponent of slavery, led his militia against
a proslavery force on June 2, 1856.
This armed clash, The Battle of Black Jack, is
considered by many to have been
the first battle
of The American Civil War.
Learn about the battle and its significance in the struggleover slavery
that was "Bleeding Kansas".
On a rise overlooking the
battlefield is a farmhouse
built by Robert Hall Pearson
in 1890.
Pearson fought beside Brown
at Black Jack and later returned
to carve out a prosperous farm
from the prairie.
To access a map of the Battle of Black Jack titled Prelude to War, published
by the Lawrence Journal-World for the
150th anniversary of the Battle, click here
For a brochure on the Black Jack Battlefield and Nature Park click here
