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Kansas's war : the Civil War in documents /

When the Civil War broke out in April 1861, Kansas was in a unique position. Although it had been a state for mere weeks, its residents were already intimately acquainted with civil strife. Since its organization as a territory in 1854, Kansas had been the focus of a national debate over the place o...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Ponce, Pearl T.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, ©2011.
Colección:Civil War in the great interior.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:When the Civil War broke out in April 1861, Kansas was in a unique position. Although it had been a state for mere weeks, its residents were already intimately acquainted with civil strife. Since its organization as a territory in 1854, Kansas had been the focus of a national debate over the place of slavery in the Republic. By 1856, the ideological conflict developed into actual violence, earning the territory the sobriquet "Bleeding Kansas." Because of this recent territorial strife, the state's transition from peace to war was not as abrupt as that of other states. Kansas's War illuminate.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xv, 267 pages) : illustrations, map
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-261) and index.
ISBN:9780821443521
0821443526
0821419366
9780821419366