But Kansas was next to the slave state of Missouri. In an era that would come to be known as "Bleeding Kansas," the territory would become a battleground over the slavery question. The reaction ...

An event that pushed John Brown over the edge. Old Brown was coming, with his militia leading to 56 political killings called Bleeding Kansas.

Bleeding Kansas – John Brown’s Fight Against Slavery Posted: January 30, 2025 | Last updated: January 30, 2025 As tensions over slavery reached a boiling point, Senator Charles Sumner was ...

I used to be so proud to be a Kansan. Those were the days when I could be proud of Kansas. History classes taught us about all the different groups ...

Challenges: Franklin Pierce had to deal with the violent consequences—“Bleeding Kansas”—of the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854, which some historians categorize as a low-intensity civil war. Pierce ...

February 9, 2025 will be a hard date for Kansas City Chiefs fans to accept. In their quest for a third consecutive ...