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Item # 700059

May 15, 1856

NEW YORK TRIBUNE, May 15, 1856  

* Bleeding Kansas
* Missouri border invasion
* War on slavery


Nearly half of page 5 is taken up with reports concerning the slavery vs. anti-slavery factions as Kansas worked toward achieving statehood.
The lengthiest report is headed: "From Kansas" with a Lawrence dateline. It takes over a full column. Following this is a letter also datelined from Lawrence with more related content. Then a letter headed: "A Georgian's Experience In Kansas" provides a different perspective.
Bleeding Kansas describes the period of repeated outbreaks of violent guerrilla warfare between pro-slavery and anti-slavery forces following the creation of the new territory of Kansas in 1854. In all, some 56 people were killed between 1855 and 1859.
Eight pages, very nice condition.

Item from Catalog 351 (released for February 2025)

Category: 1857-1860