bleeding kansas

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Term applied to a period of civil unrest (1854-59) between proslavery and antislavery advocates for control of the new Kansas Territory. Under the doctrine of popular sovereignty, antislavery emigrants from the North clashed with armed proslavery groups from Missouri. In 1856 a proslavery raid and burning of a hotel and newspaper in Lawrence were followed by several murders instigated by antislavery radicals under John Brown. Sporadic battles continued until Kansas was admitted to the Union as a free state in 1861
bleeding kansas

    Hyphenation

    bleed·ing Kan·sas

    Turkish pronunciation

    blidîng känzıs

    Pronunciation

    /ˈblēdəɴɢ ˈkanzəs/ /ˈbliːdɪŋ ˈkænzəs/
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