Glossary Term – Event
Violence in “Bleeding Kansas”
Anti-slavery and pro-slavery forces in Kansas clashed in a series of violent conflicts throughout the 1850s.
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Glossary Term – Place
Bleeding Kansas
“Bleeding Kansas” describes the violence in that territory over the question of slavery that preceded Kansas’ entry into the Union.