Title: Freedom's crucible
Description: This book demonstrates through a combination of sources, the practical reaction to the fugitive slave law, the Kansas-Nebraska Act, the Dred Scott decision and other events in a small community and county in early Kansas.
Subjects: 19th century, History, Kansas Civil War, 1861-1865, Underground railroad, Lawrence Massacre, Lawrence, Kan., 1863
Places: Douglas County, Douglas County (Kan.), Kansas, Lawrence, Lawrence (Kan.)
Time periods: 19th century, Civil War, 1861-1865