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| After the sack of Lawrence, Brown and a small group of men--including some of his sons--violently murdered five men living on this creek. While some justified Brown's actions, othe | |
| Authored by Stephen Douglas, two territories were allowed popular sovereignty to decide if they would allow slavery in the territory before they became a state. | |
| On October 25, 1864, approximately 2,800 Union troops attacked and defeated about 8,000 Confederates along the banks of a creek.This was one of the largest cavalry battles in the C | |
| David Rice Atchison and Benjamin Stringfellow encouraged Missouri Border Ruffians to cross the border to vote in Kansas elections. As a result, this illegal proslavery legislature | |
| A proslavery grand jury stated that the newspapers and the Free State Hotel were nuisances and could be 'removed.' Shortly thereafter, a proslavery mob attacked this town. Wiliam Q | |
| In one of the last major acts of violence, eleven free-state men were taken from their homes in Linn County, lined up in a ravine, and shot. Five died, five were wounded. | |
| The territorial legislature of 1859 approved a fourth and final constitutional convention near the Kansas River. | |
| It reached its height of operation after the passage of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850. | |
| A war that never really happened, but Samuel Jones was in the middle of it. Missouri bushwhackers raided a Union arsenal and rumors spread that they were going to attack Lawrence. | |
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