The Territory
After Stephen Douglas made a serious miscalculation, Bleeding Kansas erupted as settlers fought over slavery, with election fraud, armed raids, and John Brown’s Pottawatomie Massacre setting the stage for the coming Civil War. #BleedingKansas #JohnBrown #KansasNebraskaAct…
It is unprecedented.
Let's give her a gutta percha cane and see how Johnson feels about Congressional precedent?
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#CharlesSumner
#KansasNebraskaAct
...to the Union as a free state. Speaking about the #KansasNebraskaAct, he said, “Not in any common lust for power did this uncommon tragedy have its origin. It is the rape of a virgin Territory, compelling it to the hateful embrace of slavery; & it may be clearly traced to a depraved desire...
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