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Abolitionists in Kansas by William Vamvouris Christine Qiu Christine Hulse from Class 736

Bloody Kansas was the fight between Abolitionists and slave owners in Kansas. The abolitionists wanted Kansas to be a free state but of course, the slave owners did not want that.Which led to a war in Kansas, since many people died in Kansas it led to the name Bleeding Kansas.

Map of Bloody Kansas It shows us all of the free states and slave states and it shows Kansas, where the map states that slavery exists but is not subject to standard tetorial governance. It is being debated on it being a slave state or a free state.

Picture of abolitionists fighting over whether Kansas should be a slave state or a free state.



Picture of John Brown, who was against slavery. He left Kansas in 1858 to plan an assault on the Harper Ferry Arsenal that would spark a slave uprising. It failed, and he was hanged in 1859.
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Below is a picture of a paper that states, Kansas A Free State. Many people didn't want slavery which were the abolitionists. But, also a big majority of people wanted slavery which of course indeed was the slave owners and sone people that owned slaves in Kansas.



__Questions__

1. It was not the west for the abolitionists. Abolitionists were people against slavery. Kansas supported slavery, and didn't have anything against slavery which the abolitionists despised. They fought for Kansas for being a free state. They tried many things to prevent slavery in Kansas.

2. The abolitionists had conflicts with slave owners in the south. The south saw many ways that abolitionists could end slavery. Many abolitionists died in a battle known as "Bleeding Kansas." They invaded Harpers Ferry in the south. Many people died and a popular abolitionist, John Brown was captured.The abolitionist had conflicts with Kansas. Kansas had many slave owners and the abolitionists were not for slavery they were against it, they tried to stop Kansas from having slaves. They fought many people died during this war which led to the name Bleeding Kansas. John Brown and his son were one of the abolitionists, that were fighting against it. They also had conflicts with the slave owners, you could have guessed. The slave owners wanted to keep their slaves they wanted to work them, and they were not to happy when abolitionists came and tried to change that. They had to fight against the abolitionists, which was another reason of course that they had conflicts with them. They just wanted the slaves to work but, if the abolitionists were going to try to change that, well then they were prepared to fight against them.

3. In 1840 Kansas began to be an abolitionist territory. In 1854, the south declared that they will protect no abolitionist in Kansas. In 1859, John Brown and other abolitionists invaded Harpers Ferry. He led eighteen men in an attack on Harpers Ferry armory. In 1861 Kansas eventually entered the Union, as a free state. On November 2, 1959, Brown was found guilty of murder, treason, and conspiring with slaves to rebel. The south then hanged Brown on December 2, 1959.