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| | The Border Ruffians also stirred up violence between themselves and the Free-Staters, which became known as ''[[Bleeding Kansas]]'', beginning with the burning of a hotel and printing press in [[Lawrence, Kansas|Lawrence]] on May 21, 1856. Several days later an anti-slavery religious fanatic named [[John Brown]] and a few followers retaliated against five pro-slavery men, hacking them to death with [[broadsword]]s. 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 occurred near the city of [[Osawatomie]]; 300 pro-slavery soldiers under the command of John W. Reid fought 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 Border Ruffians also stirred up violence between themselves and the Free-Staters, which became known as ''[[Bleeding Kansas]]'', beginning with the burning of a hotel and printing press in [[Lawrence, Kansas|Lawrence]] on May 21, 1856. Several days later an anti-slavery religious fanatic named [[John Brown]] and a few followers retaliated against five pro-slavery men, hacking them to death with [[broadsword]]s. 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 occurred near the city of [[Osawatomie]]; 300 pro-slavery soldiers under the command of John W. Reid fought 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] |
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| − | The day after the hotel in Lawrence was burned, a [[South Carolina]] congressman named [[Preston Brooks]], incensed 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. <ref>(Bowman, pg 38){{User:WillamH}}</ref> | + | The day after the hotel in Lawrence was burned, a [[South Carolina]] congressman named [[Preston Brooks]], incensed 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. <ref>(Bowman, pg 38)</ref> |
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| | *[[American_Civil_War:_Aftermath|Aftermath]] | | *[[American_Civil_War:_Aftermath|Aftermath]] |
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| − | ==References== | + | ==Sources== |
| | For a guide to web sources see: | | For a guide to web sources see: |
| | * Alice E. Carter and Richard Jensen. ''The Civil War on the Web: A Guide to the Very Best Sites'' (2nd ed. 2003) [http://www.amazon.com/Civil-War-Web-Sites-Completely-Revised/dp/084205135X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1201965355&sr=8-1 excerpt and text search] | | * Alice E. Carter and Richard Jensen. ''The Civil War on the Web: A Guide to the Very Best Sites'' (2nd ed. 2003) [http://www.amazon.com/Civil-War-Web-Sites-Completely-Revised/dp/084205135X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1201965355&sr=8-1 excerpt and text search] |
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| | *[http://www.pbs.org/civilwar/war/lincoln_address2.html Lincoln's second inaugural speech] | | *[http://www.pbs.org/civilwar/war/lincoln_address2.html Lincoln's second inaugural speech] |
| | *[http://www.civilwarhome.com/csconstitution.htm Constitution of the Confederate States] | | *[http://www.civilwarhome.com/csconstitution.htm Constitution of the Confederate States] |
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