The American Heritage History of the Making of the NationAmerican Heritage Publishing Company; book trade distribution by Simon and Schuster, 1968 - United States - 416 pages |
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Page 350
... Kansas - Nebraska Bill , the Democrats , while still keeping control of the Senate , lost half their seats in the House of Representatives . Drawing on the ruins of the Whigs , the nativistic Know - Nothings elected gover- nors in nine ...
... Kansas - Nebraska Bill , the Democrats , while still keeping control of the Senate , lost half their seats in the House of Representatives . Drawing on the ruins of the Whigs , the nativistic Know - Nothings elected gover- nors in nine ...
Page 354
... Kansas in time to vote . Proslavery Mis- sourians were convinced that to maintain the peculiar institution in their state they must extend it to Kansas . Border Missourians formed the Sons of the South vigi- lance committee ...
... Kansas in time to vote . Proslavery Mis- sourians were convinced that to maintain the peculiar institution in their state they must extend it to Kansas . Border Missourians formed the Sons of the South vigi- lance committee ...
Page 384
... Kansas would be admitted as a slave state . But even if the people decided in such an election on a constitution without slavery , this would in no way affect the slaves already in Kansas , their status as property being guar- anteed in ...
... Kansas would be admitted as a slave state . But even if the people decided in such an election on a constitution without slavery , this would in no way affect the slaves already in Kansas , their status as property being guar- anteed in ...
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