apr 26, 1854 - The Massachusetts Emigrant Aid Company is founded by Eli Thayer in response to the Kansas-Nebraska Act. Later renamed the New England Emigrant Aid Company, the company was originally founded to transport antislavery settlers to Kansas Territory. The organization’s founding is a precursor to the violence experienced in the Bleeding Kansas conflict
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apr 26, 1854
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~ 172 years ago