Because it allowed him to avoid being tainted.
It was called Bleeding Kansas.
No, Pierce.
proslavery and antislavery
Bleeding Kansas
Prior to Kansas joining the Union, the Kansas Territory was a hotbed of violence and chaos between abolitionists and pro-slavery settlers. Kansas was known as Bleeding Kansas as these forces collided.
Slavery was an issue that contributed to the event of Bleeding Kansas. Bleeding Kansas was also known as the Bloody Kansas war.
Slavery was an issue that contributed to the event of Bleeding Kansas. Bleeding Kansas was also known as the Bloody Kansas war.
During James Buchanan's presidency, one state, Kansas, was admitted to the Union in 1861.
Because of what history today calls bleeding Kansas. Kansas was separated between a pro north and a pro south government during the civil war.
Slavery was an issue that contributed to the event of Bleeding Kansas. Bleeding Kansas was also known as the Bloody Kansas war.
The owners won, but the slaves came back and killed them.
Temperance was not an issue in bleeding Kansas. At the time, the temperance movement was still mostly concentrated in urban areas. Kansas during the period of "Bleeding Kansas" most certainly was NOT urban. "Bleeding Kansas", as it was called by Horace Greeley of the NY Tribune, was a proxy war between Northern and Southern states focused almost entirely over the question of whether Kansas would be a "free" or "slave" state.