Description: "KANSAS AFFAIRS - Report of the Special Committee Appointed to Investigate the Troubles in Kansas; With the Views of the Minority of Said Committee." 1857; Cornelius Wendell; Washington, D.C. Issued by the 34 Congress, 1st Session. Large volume with 1,206 numbered pages. There is a Table of Contents at the front. The purpose of the Report was to investigate the sporadic outbursts between pro- and anti-slavery forces in late 1855 and early 1856. Known as "Bleeding Kansas," Kansans engaged in a violent guerrilla war which significantly shaped American politics and contributed to the coming of the Civil War. The most horrific incident occurred in late May 1856 when one night abolitionist JOHN BROWN and his sons forced five southerners from their homes along the Pottawatomie Creek and murdered them in cold blood. While their victims were southerners, they did not own any slaves but still supported slavery's extension into Kansas. Republicans used "Bleeding Kansas" as a powerful rhetorical weapon in the 1856 election to Garner support among northerners by arguing that the Democrats clearly sided with the pro-slavery forces perpetrating the violence.
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Binding: Cloth
Place of Publication: Washington, D.C.
Language: English
Region: Kansas
Publisher: Cornelius Wendell
Topic: Historical
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Original/Facsimile: Original
Year Printed: 1856
