"... Missouri is not alone in the undertaking to make this a slave state. Every slave-holding state from Virginia to Texas is furnishing men and money to fasten slavery upon this glorious land by means no matter how foul."
-John Brown, Jr.
-John Brown, Jr.
In 1854, the Kansas-Nebraska Act passed allowing the residents of the state to decide whether they wanted to be a "free" state, or a "slave" state. In reaction to the act, people from both sides, pro- and anti-slavery, rushed to the two new states to help persuade them to their side. Soon, a "war" started in Kansas causing tensions in the state to boil over and is known as "Bleeding Kansas".
(9) Kansas-Nebraska Act. Photograph. Encyclopedia Britannica. Web. 26 Feb. 2012.
(10) Cox, Clinton. Fiery Vision: The Life and Death of John Brown. New York: Scholastic, 1997. Print.
(10) Cox, Clinton. Fiery Vision: The Life and Death of John Brown. New York: Scholastic, 1997. Print.