Bleeding Kansas
Subtitle: contested liberty in the Civil War era
By: Nicole Etcheson.
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Lawrence
Language: eng
Number of pages: 370
Subjects: Kansas-Nebraska bill; Slavery -- Political aspects -- Kansas -- History -- 19th century; African Americans -- Civil rights -- Kansas -- History -- 19th century; Violence -- Kansas -- History -- 19th century; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Causes; Kansas -- Politics and government -- 1854-1861; United States -- Politics and government -- 1849-1861; Kansas -- Race relations; United States -- Race relations
Description: "Bleeding Kansas is a gripping account of events and people - rabble-rousing Jim Lane, zealot John Brown, Sheriff Sam Jones, and others - that examines the social milieu of the settlers along with the political ideas they developed. Covering the period from the 1854 Kansas-Nebraska Act to the 1879 Exoduster migration, it traces the complex interactions among groups inside and outside the territory, creating a comprehensive political, social, and intellectual history of this tumultuous period in the state's history."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 329-350) and index.