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On 'Bleeding Kansas', the sacking of Lawrence, & more...
On 'Bleeding Kansas', the sacking of Lawrence, & more...
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June 03, 1856
NEW YORK TRIBUNE, June 3, 1856
* Bleeding Kansas
* Missouri border invasion
* War on slavery
* Sacking of Lawrence KS
Page 3 has several reports relating to the slavery vs. anti-slavery factions as Kansas worked toward achieving statehood. Some reports are headed: "Later From Kansas" "Outrage Upon the Congressional Commission" "Preparations to Attack Leavenworth" "Fight at Pottawatomie Creek" "The Civil War Progressing" "Atchison Implicated in the Attack on Lawrence de--Gov. Robinson & Others in Jail at Lecompton for 'High Treason'..." "The new Invasion of Kansas" "Robbery & Murder in Kansas" "...The Attack Upon Lawrence - Reign of Rapine in Kansas" and more.
Another page has some content concerning the Preston Brooks beating of Charles Sumner in Congress.
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.
Category: 1857-1860
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