Pro-slavery insurgents traveling into Kansas
Pro-slavery insurgents traveling into Kansas for election day, March 30, 1855. 5, 000 Border Ruffians entered Kansas to seize control of polling places at gunpoint. They cast tens of thousands of fraudulent votes for pro-slavery candidates, to elect a pro-slavery legislature. When the Federal government failed to intervene, the free-soilers fought back, and Kansas War began
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13123004
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45382467
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3000px x 1890px
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Credit
Mary Evans / The Everett Collection
Source
Courtesy Everett Collection
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