Bleeding Kansas (jan 1, 1854 – jan 1, 1861)
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2. It was a series of violent civil confrontations in Kansas, Territory and it emerged from a political and ideological debate over legality of slavery3. A direct result of the Kansas-Nebraska Act, "bleeding Kansas" can be seen as a radical action committed by both sides in which anti-slavery and pro-slavery settlers were killed in order to gain control of the territories.
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jan 1, 1854
jan 1, 1861
~ 7 years