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This 4-page story discusses the "Bleeding Kansas" of the pre-Civil War era, including the fight between pro-slavery and anti-slavery forces. Also discussed is the Raid on Lawrence and the John Brown Massacre. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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the United States during the 19th century, as it divided the nation as a whole. But few states suffered as much as those that were admitted as official "states" during
this period - as there was the consistent battle between "free" states and "slave" states. One such state was Kansas, which was admitted into the nation during 1854. By accounts
of many, Kansas was a state that was doomed to fail from the start - and many considered that a "crime" was committed against the territory from its earliest days.
This state was to be nicknamed "Bleeding Kansas" by Horace Greeley of the New York Tribune for very good reason (U.S. History,
2004). Namely, because of inaction of Congress over whether the state should be slave or free, and because of Kansas proximity to Missouri, violent hostilities between pro- and anti-slavery forces
broke out in the Kansas territory during the 1850s (U.S. History, 2004). Because of the fight in Congress over the question of
whether Kansas should be a "free" or "slave" state, the so-called "virgin soil" of this new state was bound to be a source of conflict throughout the period - namely
because Congress couldnt really make up its mind, but rather, decided to leave it up to the people of Kansas. The "free-staters," of which New Englander Amos Lawrence was a
supporter, were determined to promote "free-soil" settlement of the state (McPherson 145). But none of the members of Congress supporting a "free" Kansas had counted on the determination of neighboring
Missouri, a slave state (McPherson 145). The problem was, the Missourians had knowledge on their side of how to intimidate - during the 1840s, the Missourians had "harried and burned
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