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Author:

Etcheson, Nicole.

Title:

Bleeding Kansas : contested liberty in the Civil War era / Nicole Etcheson.

Publisher:

University Press of Kansas,

Copyright Date:

c2004

Description:

xiv, 370 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.

Subject:

United States.--Kansas-Nebraska Act.
United States--Causes.--Civil War, 1861-1865--Causes.
Kansas--Politics and government--1854-1861.
United States--Politics and government--1849-1861.
Slavery--History--Kansas--History--19th century.
African Americans--History--Kansas--History--19th century.
Violence--Kansas--History--19th century.
Kansas--Race relations.
United States--Race relations.
Slavernij.
Abolitionisme.
Zelfbeschikkingsrecht.
Politiek geweld.
Amerikaanse burgeroorlog.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 329-350) and index.

Contents:

The triumph of squatter sovereignty: the Kansas-Nebraska Act -- Freedom in the scale: the migration to Kansas territory -- All right on the hemp: the territorial legislature -- We are but slaves: the free-state movement -- The war commences in earnest: bleeding Kansas -- We fight to free white men: the Guerrilla War of 1856 -- Imposing a Constitution against their will: the Lecompton Constitution -- The language of a freeman: the english compromise -- A fruit of the Kansas tree: the Harpers Ferry raid -- I am here for revenge: the national civil war.

ISBN:

9780700612871 (cloth : alk. paper)
0700612874 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)52271461

LCCN:

2003010980

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PNAX964 -- Northeast Iowa Community College Library - Calmar (Calmar)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

OSAX771 -- Grand View University Library (Des Moines)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

OZAX845 -- Northwestern College - DeWitt Library (Orange City)

OUAX845 -- Dordt University (Sioux Center)

LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)

PMAX975 -- Morningside University - Hickman-Johnson-Furrow Library (Sioux City)

UTAX115 -- Buena Vista University Library (Storm Lake)

PWAX296 -- Southeastern Community College - West Burlington - Yohe Memorial Library (West Burlington)