703,+723+Abolitionists+in+Kansas

Abolitionists in Kansas / Bleeding Kansas 723: Alexis Rankine Jessica Ward Odinakhon Shamieva Adam Asad

703: Lobar Jabborova









**Abolitionists migrated to Kansas from around the United States to help decide whether Kansas should become a free state, or anti-slavery. Arguments formed and brought violence forming "Bleeding Kansas."** = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =The controversy over slavery in Kansas began to affect everyone. The abolitionists conflicted with the slave holders. Kansas collapsed into a civil war, and about 200 people were killed. The Abolitionist won in the end.= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =On the timeline, we should add the event of May 30 1854, the Kansas-Nebraska Act called for "popular sovereignty". Other important events are May 21, 1856, when Missourians invaded Lawrence, and January 29, 1861, when Kansas became a free state.= = = = =