jan 1, 1856 - Bleeding Kansas

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many rushed to vote on slavery in Kansas.

A proslavery force, seven hundred strong, looted and burned the antislavery town of Lawrence. The attack enraged John Brown, a fifty-six-year-old abolitionist from New York who commanded a free-state militia. Brown retaliated in Pottawatomie, which kicked off Bleeding Kansas. Republicans distanced themselves from Brown and radical abolitionists but denounce proslavery

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