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The "Bleeding Kansas" period has been dramatically rendered in many works of American popular culture, including literature, theater, film, and television. Santa Fe Trail (1940) is an American Western film set before the Civil War, which depicts John Brown's campaign during Bleeding Kansas, starring Ronald Reagan, Errol Flynn, and Raymond Massey.
On January 25, 1859, the Doys were passing through Lawrence, Kansas en route to the Nebraska Territory with thirteen slaves. John and Charles were just 12 miles outside of Lawrence when they were caught and surrounded by a group of armed pro-slavery "Border Ruffians" who had come from Missouri (a slave state) for the purpose of capturing escaped slaves and stopping activity on the Underground ...
Border ruffians operated from Missouri. It was said that they voted and shot in Kansas, but slept in Missouri. [9] They not only interfered in territorial elections, but also committed outrages on Free-State settlers and destroyed their property. This violence gave the origin of the phrase "Bleeding Kansas". However, political killings and ...
The Marais des Cygnes massacre (/ ˌ m ɛər d ə ˈ z iː n,-ˈ s iː n, ˈ m ɛər d ə z iː n /, [1] [2] also / m ə ˌ r iː d ə ˈ s iː n, m ə ˌ r eɪ d ə ˈ s eɪ n /) [citation needed] is considered the last significant act of violence in Bleeding Kansas prior to the outbreak of the American Civil War.
Franklin County, Kansas: Bleeding Kansas 5 Free-Staters [9] vs Pro-slavery settlers [10] Battle of Black Jack [11] June 2, 1856 near modern Baldwin City, Kansas: Bleeding Kansas Border Ruffians [12] vs Free-Staters [13] Battle of Fort Titus: August 16, 1856 Douglas County, Kansas: Bleeding Kansas 3 Free-Staters vs Border Ruffians Battle of ...
The "tragic prelude" is the Bleeding Kansas period of 1854–1860, seen as a prelude to or dress rehearsal for the Civil War, a period of which John Brown was at the center, fighting to prevent Kansas from being made a slave state.
Charles W. Dow (died November 21, 1855) [n 1] was an early settler of the Kansas Territory who became the first American settler killed in Kansas after being shot by Franklin Coleman in 1855, an event which historians often consider the beginning of the violence of Bleeding Kansas.
A correspondent for The New York Times wrote the following, dated Lawrence, Sunday, August 17, 1856, after the battle: . When the advance guard of the Free-State forces arrived at Judge Wakefield's, on the California road, they were fired upon by a company of Pro-slavery men under Col. Titus.