"Border Ruffians" were residents from nearby Missouri who entered the Territory of Kansas and utilized voter fraud to sway the vote in the 1854 elections in favor of pro-slavery candidate. In May 1858 the Border Ruffians from Missouri killed five unarmed men who were against Kansas becoming a slave state. The killings became known as the Marais des Cygnes massacre.
"Border Ruffians" were residents from nearby Missouri who entered the Territory of Kansas and utilized voter fraud to sway the vote in the 1854 elections in favor of pro-slavery candidate. In May 1858 the Border Ruffians from Missouri killed five unarmed men who were against Kansas becoming a slave state. The killings became known as the Marais des Cygnes massacre.
"Border Ruffians" were residents from nearby Missouri who entered the Territory of Kansas and utilized voter fraud to sway the vote in the 1854 elections in favor of pro-slavery candidates.
Border Ruffians" were residents from nearby Missouri who entered the Territory of Kansas and utilized voter fraud to sway the vote in the 1854 elections in favor of pro-slavery candidates.
They forced local residents to vote for pro-slavery candidates.
"Border Ruffians" were residents from nearby Missouri who entered the Territory of Kansas and utilized voter fraud to sway the vote in the 1854 elections in favor of pro-slavery candidates.
"Border Ruffians" were residents from nearby Missouri who entered the Territory of Kansas and utilized voter fraud to sway the vote in the 1854 elections in favor of pro-slavery candidate. In May 1858 the Border Ruffians from Missouri killed five unarmed men who were against Kansas becoming a slave state. The killings became known as the Marais des Cygnes massacre.
"Border Ruffians" were residents from nearby Missouri who entered the Territory of Kansas and utilized voter fraud to sway the vote in the 1854 elections in favor of pro-slavery candidate. In May 1858 the Border Ruffians from Missouri killed five unarmed men who were against Kansas becoming a slave state. The killings became known as the Marais des Cygnes massacre.
These border ruffians seem to never get the message.
Immigration was largely controlled by border ruffians with little oversight
The Border Ruffians were pro-slavery activists from the slave state of Missouri who crossed the border into Kansas in the mid-19th century to influence elections and intimidate anti-slavery settlers during the Bleeding Kansas period. They were known for using violent tactics to push their pro-slavery agenda in the region.
Tensions and violence over slavery spread outside Kansas
john brown executed five proslavery settlers 20 miles south of lawrence
border ruffians?
Border Ruffians was the derogatory name for proslavery raiders from the slave state of Missouri
The Border Ruffians
Border Ruffians