Prior to Kansas joining the Union, the Kansas Territory was a hotbed of violence and chaos between anti-slavery and pro-slavery settlers. Kansas was known as Bleeding Kansas as these forces collided over the issue of slavery in the United States. The term "Bleeding Kansas" was coined by Republican Horace Greeley, editor of the New York Tribune.
The violence in Kansas in 1855 was primarily caused by the intense debate over whether Kansas should enter the Union as a free state or a slave state. Pro-slavery and anti-slavery settlers clashed over control of the territory, leading to acts of violence and bloodshed. This period, known as "Bleeding Kansas," foreshadowed the larger conflict that would erupt into the American Civil War.
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a violent clash beetween proslavery and antislavery forces.
"Bleeding Kansas"
the fighting between proslavery and antislavery groups in Kansasthe violent clashes between pro slavery and antislavery groups in the Kansas territory.
Fighting between proslavery and antislavery activists in Kansas
Fighting between proslavery and antislavery activists in Kansas
Fighting between proslavery and antislavery activists in Kansas
a violent clash between proslavery and antislavery forces
It was a struggle between the ANTISLAVERY and the PROSLAVERY
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