may 21, 1856 - Proslavery forces and Border Ruffians raid Lawrence, Kansas following Judge Samuel D. LeCompte’s demand that Free State officials be indicted for treason. The proslavery forces destroy the Free-State Hotel and two of Lawrence’s antislavery newspapers, escalating the tensions of Bleeding Kansas
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