The Territory of Kansas existed during the years leading up to the U.S. Civil War. The territory of Kansas existed from May 30, 1854 until January 29, 1861 when the eastern portion of the territory was admitted to the Union as the state of Kansas.
The outbreak in Kansas of violent turmoils called "Bleeding Kansas" and the rise of the Republican Party in which converged the ex-Whigs and democrats freesoilers.
Pro-slavery gun-toting Missourians who rushed to Kansas to vote were called "Border Ruffians." They crossed the state line into Kansas during the period of "Bleeding Kansas" in the 1850s to influence the outcome of elections in favor of slavery. Their actions contributed to violent conflicts between pro-slavery and anti-slavery settlers in the territory.
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Bleeding Kansas
Kansas was called "bloody Kansas" during the Civil war and before it, when there were riots about slavery there.Many of these riots happened after John Brown's riot.
William C. Quantrill.
The pro-slavery groups that went to Kansas to try to keep slavery legal there were called "Border Ruffians." They were made up of individuals from surrounding slave states who used violent tactics to influence the outcome of the slavery debate in Kansas.
John Brown was the prominent figure who led violent antislavery groups in Kansas during the period known as "Bleeding Kansas" in the mid-1850s. He believed in using armed resistance to combat the expansion of slavery into the territories. Brown's actions, including the raid on Harpers Ferry, were pivotal in shaping the national discourse on slavery and contributed to the tensions leading up to the Civil War.
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The Kansas Fever exodus took place in 1879. (see related link below for more information).
the fighting between proslavery and antislavery groups in Kansasthe violent clashes between pro slavery and antislavery groups in the Kansas territory.