:"Bleeding Kansas" is the name for a violent conflict in Kansas in the 1850's. After the Kansas-Nebraska Act in 1854, Kansas broke into a civil war between pro-slavery and anti-slavery colonists. The "Free State Hotel" was burned down, John Brown killed five pro-slavery colonists, and Senator Charles Sumner was beaten senseless with a cane during the civil war. (Sarah W.) | :"Bleeding Kansas" is the name for a violent conflict in Kansas in the 1850's. After the Kansas-Nebraska Act in 1854, Kansas broke into a civil war between pro-slavery and anti-slavery colonists. The "Free State Hotel" was burned down, John Brown killed five pro-slavery colonists, and Senator Charles Sumner was beaten senseless with a cane during the civil war. (Sarah W.) |