But Kansas was next to the slave state of Missouri. In an era that would come to be known as "Bleeding Kansas," the territory would become a battleground over the slavery question. The reaction ...

Bleeding Kansas – John Brown’s Fight Against Slavery Posted: January 30, 2025 | Last updated: January 30, 2025 As tensions over slavery reached a boiling point, Senator Charles Sumner was ...

An ad that appeared in The Examiner 50 years this week. From The Examiner during the week of Feb. 3 to 8, 1975: “WELFARE LEAGUE NOW A ‘LAST RESORT’ AGENCY” – The Community Welfare League ...

Challenges: Franklin Pierce had to deal with the violent consequences—“Bleeding Kansas”—of the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854, which some historians categorize as a low-intensity civil war. Pierce ...

On Sunday, KHS Executive Director Patrick Zollner and Sarah Bell, the society’s museum and education division director, will be kicking off the 2025 Bleeding Kansas Program Series at Lecompton ...

But Kansas was next to the slave state of Missouri. In an era that would come to be known as "Bleeding Kansas," the territory would become a battleground over the slavery question. The reaction ...