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Much on 'Bleeding Kansas'...



Item # 700060

May 19, 1856

NEW YORK TRIBUNE, May 19, 1856  Inside has a wealth of reports relating to the slavery vs. anti-slavery factions as Kansas worked toward achieving statehood.
Page 4 has a lengthy editorial on the situation, and page 5 has a column headed: "Important From Kansas" "Indictments For High Treason" "Buford's Men Enlisted as Militia" "Civil War Probable" which has much good content, taking over a full column.
And all of page 6 and some of page 7 are taken up with a wealth of reporting with letters datelined from Tecumseh, Kansas Territory, Lawrence, and Lecompton. Far too much for detail here and the photos show only small portions. 
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, minor loss to blank margin at the top of the back leaf, very nice condition.

Item from Catalog 350 (released for January, 2025)

Category: 1857-1860