Talk:Bleeding Kansas

message: I really think someone needs to expand on this article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.0.142.73 (talk) 02:44, 27 May 2005 (UTC)
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thread_title: Expansion

message: I have removed the sentence that read "The first shot of the small war was fired by the colonel Rob McHell when he shot his neighbor in the face when he learned he would not be voting for slavery."  I have been unable to find any mention of this elsewhere that does not return to this wikipedia page and it seems highly suspect for several reasons; for example, the name "McHell."
DeciusAemilius
Rob Mitchell was a real Colonel in this time period, but I don't know if he ever shot his neighbor in the face.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 100.15.193.5 (talk) 00:53, 18 May 2017 (UTC)
thread_title: '''Suspected Vandalism''':

message: Much of this article is copied verbatim from the PBS article.  Those paragraphs should be rewritten or deleted. MarcusGraly 20:19, 17 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Copyright Violation? 

message: I couldn't understand about half of what the writer was trying to get across.
Stop trying to act like a genius and put it in terms we can all understand.
:I agree. The word that cuaght me was "Presaged". I had a good idea what it meant from context, but it was still really unnecessary to use, a word like "foretold" (that WAS a MS word synonym)would have worked perfectly fine Name here 16:26, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  This pissed me off. 

message: Since this was the subject of a recent change, I thought I would point out that Craig Miner's recent and fairly-definitive Kansas: The History of the Sunflower State, 1854-2000 states, "Between 1854 and 1861, fifty-six people died in the confrontations in Kansas."  [p. 57]  Kgwo1972 12:06, 14 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I reverted the change to 200 deaths back to 55 on general principals, as it did not cite a source. As you seem to be familiar with Miner's book, could you place an appropriate link to it in the article? -- Donald Albury 01:29, 15 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I put it in the "References" section months ago.  If you want citations to the book for specific sentences – such as the one about fatalities – I could do that, but I'm not sure its necessary.  Let me know.  Kgwo1972 02:01, 15 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: For short articles, it doesn't matter much. As articles get longer/gain references it becomes important to tie citations to specific sections. Citing page numbers in books helps readers find the specific information in the source. -- Donald Albury 22:46, 15 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Deaths in Bleeding Kansas 

message: 5 guys getting hacked to death with swords is considered the first shots of a war?
:: Yeah, I took that sentence out. Unless someone has a source for it...and even then, *who* considered it the opening shots of the war? It is certainly not the mainstream view. DMorpheus (talk) 14:25, 14 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  First Deaths of the Civil War 

message: I couldn't find the answer to this question. What was it that Kansas became after the battle was over? Slave or non-slave?
—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 67.86.213.71 (talk) 23:52, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Free. --Orange Mike  | Talk 15:57, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  I Couldn't Find This 

message: Per the Fact-tag request, I have removed the sentence claiming that Lewis Cass "first developed" the doctrine of Popular Sovereignty and replaced it with cited material naming him as "Father of Popular Sovereignty".  Said book is available (in part) through Google Books.  I believe I have altered the wording sufficiently to place it in context and avoid claims of plagiarism so long as the citation remains in place. Someone may care to offer a better synonym for "sobriquet" though. --Geoff Capp (talk) 22:42, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cass & Popular Sovereignty 

message: This article treats the events like they're military engagements. I would fix it myself, but i'm new to wiki editing.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.176.83.52 (talk) 01:16, 11 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Too Militaristic 

message: I added "- Dem. Ill" after the introductin of US Senator Stephen Douglas. He was a most important Democrat at the time and would, of course, be the party's nomination for President in 1860. The fact that he was from Illinois is also very important. I haven't referenced this because of the Wikipedia article on him. - Brad Watson, Miami 66.229.56.118 (talk) 13:10, 15 September 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  US Senator Stephen Douglas - Dem. Ill. 

message: "On January 29, 1861, Kansas was admitted to the Union as the 34th State and as a free state. Three months later, Southern Rebels fired at a US Flag with 34 stars at the Battle of Fort Sumter which began the Civil War." Kansas being the 34th state is important as is the symbolic representation of it as a star on the US Flag. I have not referenced this because it so undisputed. - Brad Watson, Miami 66.229.56.118 (talk) 13:36, 15 September 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: There are no "undisputed" facts. Please state a reference where "Southern Rebels fired at a US Flag with 34 stars" CanadianLinuxUser (talk) 15:19, 15 September 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Kansas was 34th State admitted to the Union 

message: Hi, I am from Gemany and I read Paretsky's book. It has nothing to do with history. It is about “what life is like growing up on a Kansas farm. It's a coming-of-age story packed with a punch of moral debate.”
Please check with Book Review 'Bleeding Kansas'. Good luck. --178.11.235.191 (talk) 07:43, 2 June 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  'Bleeding Kansas' by Sara Paretsky  

message: The map accompanying the article shows Utah as a free territory.  This is incorrect, slavery existed in Utah from the Mormon settlement of 1846 till the abolition of slavery in the territories in 1862.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Saintonge235 (talk • contribs) 06:44, 16 November 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Map with the article. 

message: I'd like to put the information regarding Brooks's beating of Sumner into a separate article, considering how important and symbolic an event it was, and that the vast majority of the information is repeated in separate articles: Charles Sumner, Preston Brooks, and Bleeding Kansas. 
I have begun this "Main Article" by copypasting to Caning of Charles Sumner, and this note has been copied to the relevant Talk pages for discussion here (Talk:Charles Sumner#Separate article on caning). Let me know what you think, and let's try to pin down title, article scope, and summary scope in the next 2 weeks. SamuelRiv (talk) 20:37, 15 February 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Separate article on caning - talk in Charles Sumner 

message: Someone needs to add the bright yellow box in the legend for the "Border Union states, permitting slavery". I'm not sure how to do it. Thanks.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.195.247.116 (talk) 19:26, 12 March 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Color key to map 

message: Oregon officially banned slavery (and the residency of all people of African origin) upon statehood in 1859. Slavery can assumed to be tolerated only begrudgingly, given the ban of the 1859 constitution of any African-origin residents, any moral issues aside.Oregon Constitution
Wistungsten (talk) 02:36, 16 March 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Map and Oregon 

message: This map is from 1865 according to the other articles that reference it. As previously noted, color coding is wrong for Utah, and Nevada was not a state during the referenced dates. I'm not sure how to fix this.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 104.8.109.170 (talk) 17:37, 19 February 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes.  Furthermore, West Virginia is shown as a Border Union state permitting slavery, but for the time period this map supposedly depicts, West Virginia was still part of Virginia. 98.221.141.21 (talk) 01:28, 9 June 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Map Is Wrong 

message: I know that this talk page is quite silent, but can anyone with knowledge interpret this?  "conducted" maybe?? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Zoony (talk • contribs) 09:20, 21 April 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: This is a couple months old, but I changed it to: "The committee found that non-Kansas residents had illegally voted in the election, resulting in the pro-slavery government."--Gen. Quon (Talk) 16:31, 25 August 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  "The committee found the elections improperly elected by non-residents"