But Kansas was next to the slave state of Missouri. In an era that would come to be known as "Bleeding Kansas," the territory would become a battleground over the slavery question. The reaction ...

Abolitionist John Brown wasn't born in Kansas, but made his mark during the Bleeding Kansas era before the Civil War. Today, ...

Edward Bridgman was one of the northerners who came to Kansas during the period that became known as "Bleeding Kansas." He grew up in Northampton, Massachusetts, and migrated to Kansas in 1856 ...