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Bleeding Kansas
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Bleeding Kansas, Bloody Kansas, or the Border War, was a series of violent civil confrontations in the Kansas Territory, and to a lesser extent in western Missouri, between 1854 and 1859. It emerged f
An 1855 Free-State poster
An 1855 Free-State poster
Preston Brooks attacking Charles Sumner in the U.S. Senate in 1856
Preston Brooks attacking Charles Sumner in the U.S. Senate in 1856
Tragic Prelude, in the Kansas State Capitol
Tragic Prelude, in the Kansas State Capitol
Border ruffian
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Border ruffians were proslavery raiders who crossed into the Kansas Territory from Missouri during the mid-19th century to help ensure the territory entered the United States as a slave state. Their a
1888 engraving of border ruffians entering the Kansas Territory
1888 engraving of border ruffians entering the Kansas Territory
Armed border ruffians going into Kansas
Armed border ruffians going into Kansas
Ferrying Missouri voters [across the Missouri River] to the Kansas shore, by Gilbert Gaul
Ferrying Missouri voters [across the Missouri River] to the Kansas shore, by Gilbert Gaul
Border ruffians, with a cannon, marching on Lawrence, Kansas
Border ruffians, with a cannon, marching on Lawrence, Kansas