may 21, 1856 - 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.”
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Bleeding Kansas and the Civil War
One month after the Battle of Gettysburg, William Quantrill ...
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