Arthur Johnson Memorial Library

Reece, Richard

Bleeding Kansas by Richard Reece - Minneapolis, MN : ABDO Pub. Co., c2012. - 112 p. : ill. (some col.), col. map, ports. ; 24 cm. - Essential events .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The Kansas question -- Slavery in the United States -- The race to Kansas -- A territory divided -- Bleeding Kansas -- The path toward statehood -- Guerilla warfare -- Civil War -- Bleeding Kansas legacy -- Timeline -- Essential facts.

Presents a history of the border war preceding the American Civil War that was waged over whether Kansas would join the Union as a slave state or a free state.

11 - 17 years

9781617833076 (lib. bdg. : recy. paper) 161783307X (lib. bdg. : recy. paper)

9781617833076

2011036492


Slavery--Political aspects--History--Kansas--19th century


Kansas--History--1854-1861

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