A History of the Struggle for Slavery Extension Or Restriction in the United States: From the Declaration of Independence to the Present Day. Mainly Compiled and Condensed from the Journals of Congress and Other Official Records, and Showing the Vote by Yeas and Nays on the Most Important Divisions in Either House |
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Page 96
... Missourians who lived in the immediate vicinity , possessed peculiar ad- vantages over their rivals from the more remote portions of the Union . Each family could send one of its members across the line to mark out his claim , erect a ...
... Missourians who lived in the immediate vicinity , possessed peculiar ad- vantages over their rivals from the more remote portions of the Union . Each family could send one of its members across the line to mark out his claim , erect a ...
Page 97
... Missourians had invaded the Territory and controlled the congressional elec- tion by fraud and violence , was circulated throughout the Free States , and made the basis of the most inflammatory appeals to all men op- posed 7 THE KANSAS ...
... Missourians had invaded the Territory and controlled the congressional elec- tion by fraud and violence , was circulated throughout the Free States , and made the basis of the most inflammatory appeals to all men op- posed 7 THE KANSAS ...
Page 121
... Missourians returned the way they came . The election in the VIth District was held at Fort Scott , in the southeast part of the Terri- tory and near the Missouri line . A party of about one hundred men , from Cass and the coun- ties in ...
... Missourians returned the way they came . The election in the VIth District was held at Fort Scott , in the southeast part of the Terri- tory and near the Missouri line . A party of about one hundred men , from Cass and the coun- ties in ...
Page 123
... Missourians after they arrived there ( 22 ) . The evening before and the morning of the day of election , about 1,000 men from the above counties arrived at Lawrence , and encamped in a ravine a short distance from town , near the place ...
... Missourians after they arrived there ( 22 ) . The evening before and the morning of the day of election , about 1,000 men from the above counties arrived at Lawrence , and encamped in a ravine a short distance from town , near the place ...
Page 124
... Missourians were called together at the tent of Captain Claiborne F. Jackson , and speeches were made to them by Col. Young and others , calling for volunteers to go to other districts where there were not Missourians enough to control ...
... Missourians were called together at the tent of Captain Claiborne F. Jackson , and speeches were made to them by Col. Young and others , calling for volunteers to go to other districts where there were not Missourians enough to control ...
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