18h 43min, may 21, 1856 y - Sack of Lawrence
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After Kansas became a territory, there was fighting over whether slavery should be allowed to expand into Kansas Territory. Proslavery men burned Lawrence and threw a printing press in the Kansas River. Fighting continued in the territory, which led to Kansas’ nickname, “Bleeding Kansas.Added to timeline:
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18h 43min, may 21, 1856 y
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~ 169 years ago