After the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act in 1854 allowing the future state to choose whether to be a slave or state, many proslavery settlers came into the Kansas territory. Many of these settlers rushed over the border with Missouri, already a slave state, to influence the decision in Kansas.
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Stephen Arnold Douglas. He Represented the State of Illinois.
Kansas was voting to come into the union as free or slave state. Both groups people for and against slavery flooded the territory to influence the vote. One of the men who came was John Brown with his sons into Lawrence. They murdered several proslavery people and the newspapers ran a headline calling Kansas BLOODY KANSAS.
The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 called for "popular sovereignty." The decision about slavery was to be made by the settlers in Kansas rather than by outsiders. The decision as to whether Kansas would become a free state or a slave state would be decided by the votes of people in Kansas. Whichever side had more votes counted by officials would decide if Kansas would become a free state or a slave state.
Primarily Kansas, although Missouri was also involved. The term "Bloody Kansas" refers to a pre-civil war period in which Abolitionists and Slavery-supporters entered into a conflict. The slavers from Missouri would cross into Kansas to slaughter the Kansas Abolitionists, and vice-versa.
The conflict between proslavery and antislavery factions in the United States, particularly in the context of Kansas in the 1850s, was known as "Bleeding Kansas." This violent struggle arose as both sides sought to influence whether Kansas would enter the Union as a free or slave state, resulting in numerous confrontations and bloodshed. The term encapsulates the broader national tensions leading up to the Civil War.
Kansas-Nebraska Act. It meant that one new state at a time would be voting on the slavery question. So every bully-boy in America descended on the relevant state (Kansas) to intimidate voters.
The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 called for "popular sovereignty." The decision about slavery was to be made by the settlers in Kansas rather than by outsiders. The decision as to whether Kansas would become a free state or a slave state would be decided by the votes of people in Kansas. Whichever side had more votes counted by officials would decide if Kansas would become a free state or a slave state.
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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The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 called for "popular sovereignty." The decision about slavery was to be made by the settlers in Kansas rather than by outsiders. The decision as to whether Kansas would become a free state or a slave state would be decided by the votes of people in Kansas. Whichever side had more votes counted by officials would decide if Kansas would become a free state or a slave state.