Free-Stater (Kansas) - Wikipedia
WEBFree-Staters was the name given to settlers in Kansas Territory during the "Bleeding Kansas" period in the 1850s who opposed the expansion of slavery. The name derives from the term "free state", that is, a U.S. state without slavery.
Free-State Kansas - Legends of America
WEBThe Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 allowed Kansas residents to decide the issue of slavery. One one side of the issue were the Free-State Kansans.
Slave states and free states - Wikipedia
WEBJust before the Civil War, there were 19 free states and 15 slave states. The most recent free state, Kansas, had entered the Union after its own years-long bloody fight over slavery.
Bleeding Kansas ‑ Summary, Causes & John Brown's Role - HISTORY
WEBOct 27, 2009 · In a sharp escalation of that violence, a pro-slavery group stormed the Free State stronghold of Lawrence on May 21, 1856, destroying printing presses, looting homes and stores and setting fire...
How Bleeding Kansas Led to the Civil War - HISTORY
WEBSep 15, 2023 · In July 1859, Kansas drafted a free state constitution to join the Union—but not without objections from the pro-slavery faction, who later seceded.
A Tragic Prelude: A Fight For A Free State - Topeka
WEBAbolitionists in the North organized and funded several thousand settlers to move to Kansas and presumably vote later to make it a free state. The most notable of these organizations was the Emigrant Aid Company of Massachusetts, which helped to establish antislavery settlements in Topeka and Lawrence.
Bleeding Kansas | History, Effects, & John Brown | Britannica
WEBAug 30, 2024 · Bleeding Kansas (1854–59), small civil war fought between proslavery and antislavery advocates for control of the new territory of Kansas under the doctrine of popular sovereignty. Kansas-Nebraska Act sponsors wrongly expected that territorial self-government would arrest the ‘torrent of fanaticism’ over slavery.
Kansas Territory - Wikipedia
WEBThe Territory of Kansas was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from May 30, 1854, [2] until January 29, 1861, when the eastern portion of the territory was admitted to the Union as the free state of Kansas.
Bleeding Kansas - American Battlefield Trust
WEBFeb 14, 2019 · Consequently, free state and slave state proponents rushed to Kansas to try to stake their claim in their efforts to either legalize or prohibit slavery there. There was not the same flurry in Nebraska as it was largely assumed that it would become a free state without much debate; however, Kansas was a different story.
Bleeding Kansas: A Stain on Kansas History - U.S. National Park Service
WEBThe anti-slavery forces prevailed as Kansas entered into the Union a free state on January 29, 1861. This turbulence illustrated the beginning of the terrifying bloodshed that was to come during the Civil War.