In 1854, pro-slavery politician Stephen Douglas’ Kansas-Nebraska Act repealed the 1920 Missouri Compromise which disallowed slavery north of the 36 th parallel. This anti-human bill created a ...

The Kansas-Nebraska Act was signed into law by President Franklin Pierce on May 30 amid increasing hostility in the halls of power in Washington, D.C., and amid increasing groundswell of opposition.

The issue of slavery divided the United States long before the election of Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War. After the Kansas-Nebraska Act passed in 1854, newly established states could use ...

From Kansas.; VETO OF THE ACT ABOLISHING SLAVERY. Share full article. Feb. 25, 1860. Credit... The New York Times Archives. See the article in its original context from February 25, 1860, Page 1 ...