Bleeding Kansas (jan 1, 1854 – jan 1, 1859)

Description:

K-N Act:
- 2 forces: New England Emigrant Aid Company
(Free Soilers), Border Ruffians (Missouri pro-
slavery)
- 2 rival governments: Topeka (Free Soil),
Lecompton (slave government)

fights
- Sack of Lawrence (1856): Pro-slavery attacks
Free Soilers
- Pottawatomie Creek (1856): John Brown
attacks pro-slavery forces

Buchanan refuses to act

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