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  2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Slave_states_and_free_statesSlave states and free states - Wikipedia

    Just before the Civil War, there were 19 free states and 15 slave states. The most recent free state, Kansas, had entered the Union after its own years-long bloody fight over slavery.

  3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Bleeding_KansasBleeding Kansas - Wikipedia

    Bleeding Kansas, Bloody Kansas, or the Border War, was a series of violent civil confrontations in Kansas Territory, and to a lesser extent in western Missouri, between 1854 and 1859. It emerged from a political and ideological debate over the legality of slavery in the proposed state of Kansas.

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  5. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Free-Stater_(Kansas)Free-Stater (Kansas) - Wikipedia

    Free-Staters was the name given to settlers in Kansas Territory during the "Bleeding Kansas" period in the 1850s who opposed the expansion of slavery. The name derives from the term "free state", that is, a U.S. state without slavery.

  6. www.history.com › this-day-in-history › kansasKansas enters the Union | January 29, 1861 | HISTORY

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    On this day in 1861, Kansas is admitted to the Union as free state. It was the 34th state tojoin the Union. The struggle between pro- and anti-slave forces in Kansas was a major factor in the eruption of the Civil War.

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    In 1854, Kansas and Nebraska were organized as territories with popular sovereignty (popular vote) to decide the issue of slavery. There was really no debate over the issue in Nebraska, as the territory was filled with settlers from the Midwest, where there was no slavery. In Kansas, the situation was much different. Although most of the settlers w...

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    Kansas remained one of the most important political questions throughout the 1850s. Each side drafted constitutions, but the anti-slave faction eventually gained the upper hand. Kansas entered the Union as a free state; however,the conflict over slaveryinthe statecontinued into the Civil War. Kansas was the scene of some of the most brutal acts of ...

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  7. www.history.com › news › bleeding-kansas-civil-warHow Bleeding Kansas Led to the Civil War - HISTORY

    Sep 15, 2023 · In July 1859, Kansas drafted a free state constitution to join the Union—but not without objections from the pro-slavery faction, who later seceded.

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  8. www.history.com › topics › 19th-centuryBleeding Kansas ‑ Summary, Causes & John Brown's Role - HISTORY

    Oct 27, 2009 · Though Kansas adopted a free state constitution in a convention at Wyandotte in 1859, pro-slavery forces in the Senate refused to let the territory enter the Union as a free state.

  9. www.britannica.com › event › Bleeding-Kansas-UnitedBleeding Kansas | History, Effects, & John Brown | Britannica

    Oct 8, 2024 · The question was finally settled when Kansas was admitted as a free state in January 1861, but, meanwhile, “Bleeding Kansas” had furnished the newly formed Republican Party with a much needed antislavery issue in the national election of 1860.