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===Bleeding Kansas===
===Bleeding Kansas===
The Border Ruffians also stirred up violence between themselves and the Free-Staters, which became known as ''[[Bleeding Kansas]]'', begining with the burning of a hotel and printing press in Lawrence on May 21, 1856. Several days later an anti-slavery religious fanatic named [[John Brown]] and a few followers would retaliate against five pro-slavery men a few days later, by hacking them to death with broadswords. By August thousands of men had formed into pro-slavery armies and marched into Kansas, expecting to force the territory to accept slavery. That same month a small, pitched battle occured near the city of Osawatomie; 300 pro-slavery soldiers under the command of John W. Reid against Brown and 40 men. Brown lost the battle and Osawatomie was looted. A fragile peace led by a new territorial governor would commence only when Brown and his men left the territory. [http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/kansas.html]
The Border Ruffians also stirred up violence between themselves and the Free-Staters, which became known as ''[[Bleeding Kansas]]'', begining with the burning of a hotel and printing press in Lawrence on May 21, 1856. Several days later an anti-slavery religious fanatic named [[John Brown]] and a few followers would retaliate against five pro-slavery men, hacking them to death with broadswords. By August thousands of men had formed into pro-slavery armies and marched into Kansas, expecting to force the territory to accept slavery. That same month a small, pitched battle occured near the city of Osawatomie; 300 pro-slavery soldiers under the command of John W. Reid against Brown and 40 men. Brown lost the battle and Osawatomie was looted and burned. A fragile peace led by a new territorial governor would commence only when Brown and his men left the territory. [http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/kansas.html]
The day after the hotel in Lawrence was burned, a South Carolina congressman named [[Preston Brooks]], incenced over an anti-slavery speech given by Massachusetts Senator Charles Sumner, walked onto the senate floor and beat him with a cane so severely that Sumner took three years to recover. (Bowman, pg 38)
The day after the hotel in Lawrence was burned, a South Carolina congressman named [[Preston Brooks]], incenced over an anti-slavery speech given by Massachusetts Senator Charles Sumner, walked onto the senate floor and beat him with a cane so severely that Sumner took three years to recover. (Bowman, pg 38)