Bleeding Kansas: Prelude to the Civil War

The civil war before the Civil War.

[@SellswordArts]

As someone who grew up in Lawrence Kansas, I never realized that this wasn't a major part of everyone's American civil war education. Great video as always!

[@molivah]

Townie here too. I remember us getting a special history unit just about Lawrence in elementary school. We toured old west Lawrence and looked at some of the houses that survived the burning and the stories that happened in them.

[@KansasFarmer620]

Lawrence sucks .... Literally

[@dukerrr]

From Minnesota and they taught us this when i was like 15.

[@Entolyfik]

Hey, I grew up in Lawrence as well! I was just about to write about this! I'll type what I know about it in a direct comment above.

[@spicytrash4981]

I'm so here for this new channel. Simon is a dragon who hoards channels.

[@sandybarnes887]

Yeah, isn't it wonderful, bro? 😊

[@LanceMan]

Long Live Simon! Free Danny!

[@moose2577]

@@LanceMan keep Danny in the basement!

[@skillganon606]

@@moose2577 I miss Charles

[@skillganon606]

Allegedly

[@AngelusAnsell]

Simon's American accent wanders from texas to California, then drunkenly stumbles into the midwest before landing back in Texas. Also, your ability to approach these topics in a mature manner that gives good unbiased detail, coupled with your ability to do so while knowing when to ease the pressure with some humor makes every video special.

[@almitrahopkins1873]

He can't pronounce Native American names for shit though.

[@madinthehead5316]

absolutly right

[@Fractal_blip]

Quit d riding lol

[@somethinglikethat2176]

@@almitrahopkins1873 tbf he has to pronounce thousands of places and names from all over the planet and history. Pronunciation dictionary or not, it's still a big ask.

[@mtrakker1985]

it scared me

[@arcturionblade1077]

History doesn't repeat itself but it sure as hell rhymes.

[@TheJMBon]

Those who ignore and attempt to rewrite history, are doomed to repear it. Instead of erasing slavery and villifying the South and evetyone involved with the South, we should remember it and learn from it.

[@gomahklawm4446]

@Jo nne No one is erasing history, merely its glorification. No books are being changed/destroyed. Racists are just pissed that their disgusting racist hero statues are going away.

[@pyromania1018]

@@TheJMBon The South DESERVES to be vilified because it spent the next century lionizing itself for thoroughly disgusting reasons.

[@jurgnobs1308]

@@TheJMBon the only people trying to erase it from history are southern republicans.

[@britisharmedforcesmilsim3015]

@@TheJMBon 'Instead of erasing slavery' Bro

[@EmilyJelassi]

A very interesting video. Bleeding Kansas wasn't even a whole paragraph when I was in school.. it definitely deserves to be covered better. Well done Simon and team! 😊❤

[@evanobryant8045]

In aA P. U. S. H it was like 3 pages and that was it

[@evanobryant8045]

It definitely needs to be covered more

[@jamellfoster6029]

When I was in high school over 25 years ago, we discussed Bleeding Kansas in detail pretty well as I attended a historically African American high school (I'm Mixed race)... So thankful for my 11th Grade History teacher Mrs. Knight who provided us with a detailed breakdown of American History...

[@brantlybochy3065]

i live in kansas and i think it was only briefly talked about. like not even a who hour class

[@tremedar]

Focusing on this, or any of the other events leading to the civil war is like missing the forest for the trees. Bleeding Kansas was surely the most violent, but it wasn't unique. That it even gets a special mention in history classes is enough. The causes for the war should be the focus in class, not the symptoms.

[@onliwankannoli]

The painting of John Brown is best-known from the cover of the debut album of the band Kansas. It is taken from a mural in the Kansas state house called Tragic Prelude by Kansas artist John Steuart Curry.

[@theoverunderthinker]

that's why I clicked on the video to be honest. "album cover guy!" then clicked!

[@terrybotkin6622]

It’s definitely worth a trip to the capital to see the wonderful Art work, the State House was recently renovated. It’s like a beautiful palace.

[@docholiday5682]

It's 2024 in Southern States are still trying to strip people of their rights. Given that this racist country has been in battling itself for more than 150 years I think it's time to split up the country just like the South originally wanted. Unfree states can be down south and free states can be up north.

[@Shaheen164]

Native Kansan here, and it's interesting to hear someone finally touch on one of the watershed moments before the Civil War. We always hear of John Brown, but never a lot on Kansas blowing open in all out war.

[@fadillangston9797]

*hear of

[@almitrahopkins1873]

@@fadillangston9797 Give him a break, Jayhawkers can barely read, much less write.

[@thebearclaw0]

As a Missourian I challenge you to a duel good sir

[@Shaheen164]

@@thebearclaw0 you grab the pistols and I shall grab the silly costumes and gloves! We meet on State Line in Kansas City at dawn!

[@Shaheen164]

@@almitrahopkins1873 I hope we can, most of your planes are built here lmao

[@meme-otherapy5572]

Hearing Simon pronounce "Crack a beer..." like an American just made my morning coffee taste a little better.

[@Chrisp_az]

🇺🇸, fuck yeah.

[@njw1977]

My wife's side of the family is related to Bloody Bill Anderson. He is my wife's 3rd great cousin. We live on the south side of Kansas City. Its amazing how much happened in this area during the border war.

[@j.granger1120]

I've never heard any a American history source explain "Bleeding Kansas" so well. Thanks Simon and team.

[@mayalackman7581]

Check out Battle Cry Of Freedom: The Civil War Era by James M Macpherson. It has a brilliant chapter on Bleeding Kansas.

[@ignitionfrn2223]

1:30 - Chapter 1 - When compromise is death 5:15 - Chapter 2 - The broken vote 8:55 - Chapter 3 - Boiling over 13:20 - Chapter 4 - Summer of blood 17:15 - Chapter 5 - The small war 21:10 - Chapter 6 - The last drops of blood

[@joebuckhoff]

I used to do this on his 2nd page business blaze* when it was more "fun" with the smacking of the script. I want that guy. I posted odd cuts or funny pronunciations

[@bachokrilovi3599]

The only way 😮

[@aaroncolgrove537]

For a follow-up video Simon you should look into the Border War. Missouri and Kansas did not stop the bloodshed after Bleeding Kansas but rather ramped it up more.

[@KeegoTheWise]

And then as soon as the Civil War started up proper, Missouri pulled an about-face and exiled their Confederate government (seriously, the Confederate govt. voted to secede a few months *after* they were exiled). Not to say all Missourians were pro-Union or anything, the bushwhackers still did their thing during the war and a good chunk of the population still supported the Confederacy. But MO had representatives in the Union Congress, and nearly three times as many Missourians officially fought for the Union compared to the Confederacy (110,000 to 40,000).

[@jetheotaku]

@@KeegoTheWise their union support along with the 3 other slave states that stayed with the union was mainly cause they believed the north has a near guaranteed victory over the south and will outlaw slavery in all the states that rebelled but they will keep slavery in their state due to staying loyal to the union

[@dillonberning3552]

I agree whole county's where burned down to the ground in Missouri to stop aide to the confederate forces plus several towns like Nevada and Osceola,MO

[@huebeyduebey3493]

As a Kansan it’s awesome to see a video about this time period. Not many people know about bleeding Kansas or the border war with Missouri unless you are from on of the two states. Even today so many years later you can still see signs left by the conflict. I went to a civil war museum in Saint Louis and ended up getting into a heated argument with the museum curator over what I felt were extremely biased exhibits portraying Missourians as brave defenders of the innocent and Kansans as blood thirsty raiders and looters. I was a history student at a university in Kansas at the time and decided to tell him what I thought when he asked me thought of the museum 😉

[@majorleagueminuteman1344]

I went to Pitt State and got a BA in history there. We had several native Missourians in my Kansas and the West class and let’s just say there were some heated arguments between them and us Kansans about who the bad guys were in those conflicts. There’s still bad blood to this day between families who still have land from those times and who’s ancestors dueled with one another.

[@heatherkurtz5753]

Good! Bc I’m a Jayhawker and I still say Muck Fizzou and they’re not even in the big 12. Kansas and Missouri are still freaking in a damn border war. Just in Sports thankfully. However, I do NOT tolerate AnY one disrespecting the Jayhawkers. Looking back and not having to live through it myself… I’m thankful for ALL Abolitionist Warriors! Proud of the Underground Railroad History of Kansas and extremely honored to live in the State of Brown vs Topeka Board of Education. I learned that history well in Kindergarten through 3rd grade at Lungren Elementary School in Oakland of Topeka KANSAS!!! ♥️💙💜🌻🎶🫶🇺🇸💫🎊

[@mattks1001]

We’re from a small town just outside Topeka. My grandfather to his deathbed refused to go to Missouri. His animosity was different then most peoples sports mentality of today. He still recalled stories his grandfather told him of the atrocities of the bushwackers. That resentment and even hatred still exists among a few of the oldest generations. It’s just been overshadowed now by basketball.

[@huebeyduebey3493]

@@mattks1001 you’re absolutely right. I have a lot of family from south east Kansas and there are families on the other side of the border they still hate to this day because of stuff that happened during the civil war

[@begley9]

Jayhawk here - I just cracked up when he said osawamotie

[@ciarandolan7695]

It just got continued as soon as the war started and didn't really end until the year after lee surrendered. It was some of the most if not the most brutal guerilla warfare in the whole war. The jayhawker bands either got organized and subsequently mustered into union volunteer cavalry regiments or stayed small as outlaw bands. Their raids would depopulate whole tracts of the Missouri border even after being made official cavalry units. Whereas the Border Ruffians morphed into the bushwhackers of the Civil War, the largest bands of which would perpetrate some of the worst massacres of the whole war. Wild Bill Hickock and Buffalo Bill Cody were members of red leg units who made your average jayhawker marauder look tame. Then on the pro slavery/bushwhacker side you had the likes of complete nutcases like Bloody Bill Anderson, who would foam at the mouth just to name one of his oddities.

[@gluedtothemouse]

Seriously underrated comment right here

[@mrjgilbert]

I was hoping he would just continue into talking about this era of the conflict, but understand he kept the timeframe focused. The end did make it sound almost like “that was that” though, and it definitely got much worse.

[@jmjones7897]

Border War went on for 30 years. It's still a thing in Collegiate sports

[@LanceMan]

John Brown lived in my home town Chambersburg, PA while planning the Harpers Ferry raid. Excellent video about a forgotten piece of US History. Well done Simon.

[@mikeyoung9810]

He was born in the last town I lived in before moving to where I live now. His cabin is part of "John Brown" park and they have yearly parade for the John Brown Festival. The park named for him they hold a yearly battle reenactment. And it's Oh-saw-wat-toe-me

[@templarw20]

In addition to tearing down the confederate statues, we need more memorials to John Brown. Stone Mountain getting re-carved sounds like a good start.

[@TheStapleGunKid]

@@templarw20 We don't need statues of John Brown. The dude was a misguided fanatic who accomplished nothing. The first casualty of his raid was a free black man. And it wasn't a stray bullet that killed him or anything, they deliberately killed the guy in order to stop him from sounding the alarm. Both Abe Lincoln and Frederick Douglass criticized Brown as a self-destructive lunatic. Douglas actually held a secret meeting with Brown two months before the raid on Harper's Ferry, in which he tried to talk Brown out of it.

[@templarw20]

@@TheStapleGunKid No argument. But he still is more deserving of recognition and glorification than any of the scum that have statues and monuments, today.

[@just_a_turtle_chad]

@@TheStapleGunKid still better than any southern general

[@youtubehatesfreespeech744]

LOL 😆. Native Kansas City Missourian here. It's funny to hear a limey try to pronounce all these native American names. I know they are hard to pronounce if you have never heard them before.

[@sasuke13855]

For that precious few seconds of Simon being a southern American I like him 10,000 times more thank you sir for that made my day.

[@--enyo--]

You’d love the Southern preacher he does from time to time on Casual Criminalist.

[@renaissanceredneck3695]

Also I gotta say hearing Simon pronounce some of the towns in Kansas is making me chuckle. No worries Simon, nobody in America can pronounce them correctly either, outside of Kansas. Great video 📸 anyway. Edit: I live in the city of Fort Scott, the free staters we're also known as Jayhawkers, and yes this is where the Kansas University's mascot "the Jayhawk" comes from, no there isn't an actual bird in Kansas called a Jayhawk

[@anitahalbleib4141]

we like to e difficult here in kansas. lol

[@christopherfain8736]

Hearing him pronounce Potawatomi, I had to pause the video and save myself from choking to death on coffee. lmao....

[@stevedaniels3661]

Lol as I'm watching this video in Lawrence, KS, gave me a chuckle too.

[@jonmcgee6987]

I've noticed British people have trouble pronouncing the names of cities here in Kansas. Then again they can't even pronounce Spokane correctly either, ( I lived up there 2 separate times in the early 80's and early 90's. Lived in Texas between the times). Currently watching this from a VERY small town called Eureka, Kansas.

[@anitahalbleib4141]

@@jonmcgee6987 when people try and pronounce ogallah always gives me a giggle. the weather people can’t get it right either

[@sassyblassy]

Dear Lord. I'm from MS and my wife and I watch Simon's channels on the daily. That "American" accent at 10:19 cracked us up so much. I played it multiple times. So funny and much respect for giving it a go! You should do an entire episode on the Mississippi River levee system on Geo or Mega in that accent. It would be legendary.

[@justinoliver9034]

I did the exact same thing! I had to rewind multiple times and openly cackle.

[@basenjilover]

I adore Simons channels but pretty sure this is already my favorite :) Love learning history but especially battle/war etc history :o

[@BlessedAreTheCheesemakers]

JOHN BROWN'S BODY LIES A-MOULDERIN' IN THE GRAVE BUT HIS SOUL GOES MARCHING ON

[@SomeKrieger]

He’s probably screaming in silent pain like in the thumbnail

[@cannon0587]

10:18 Simon’s American accent is hilarious! Love it!

[@mikethomas4598]

I think it was quite good.

[@byrondaniels421]

When my family moved to Olathe, KS from Flint, MI, in 1956 and placed me into the 5th grade, I started hearing terms such as “Bleeding Kansas” and “Jayhawkers” and of such figures as “John Brown” . Through the year’s I’ve learned of other events, people and part of the “why’s”, such as the burning of Lawrence Cantrell’s reason with his Raiders. However, I have never heard such a well presented chronology of the background and history as I have here. Thank you.

[@WillVogt]

A Biographic episode on John Brown would be cool. I knew about Harper's Ferry, but had no idea that he was involved in the Kansas Wars before that...

[@HarvestMoonHowl]

Oh yes, John Brown travelled and fought extensively. I'm not sure if Simon mentions it in this video yet, but a mural of John Brown holding a rifle in one hand and a Bible in the other is painted on one side of the entrance chamber, in the Kansas State Capitol building. It's a shame that Topeka, KS is such a shit hole. Most of my home state actually isn't that bad to live in, at least not yet.

[@kevinlewis986]

It was John Brown's brother in law, Samuel Adair who founded the town of Osawatomie.

[@TheWatz05]

The undertones of bleeding Kansas exist to this day the Kansas Missouri rivalry stems from this in so much Kansas took the Jayhawk name for their university while Missouri took the emblem for the bushwhackers the Tiger. He’ll ask a person where their from and they say Kansas City and you say Kansas you’ll get a death glare due to this rivalry.

[@mikeyoung9810]

Lived in Kansas my entire life. Worked in the KC metro and now live 30 miles from Mo down to the south. You're right about the undertones although I've never subscribed to it but seeing the narrowminded perspectives over the years I know it exists. People here aren't much about changing or accepting the world.

[@cyberus1438]

Missouri is just still butt hurt that we kicked their ass

[@TheWatz05]

@@cyberus1438 what history are you speaking of and if you’re speaking of college sports just no. Kansas didn’t do anything but steal the idea of naming their city after the well known and established Kansas City Missouri.

[@huebeyduebey3493]

@@TheWatz05 tell that to the multiple western Missouri counties they had their entire populations relocated and all buildings destroyed and are still to this day decades behind economically

[@Sinn0100]

I am so thankful that my ancestors decided to make the right choice and fight against slavery. I have never understood how anyone could justify owning another person...it's sickening. Addendum- I have heard that there are more people enslaved today than back in the 1800's. Personally speaking, I believe the death penalty should be given to all that practice slavery today.

[@fllnthblnks9681]

God, I love John Brown. What a maniac.

[@jikissgamer]

I grew up in Lawrence and John Brown is a huge icon here. His famous painting is on many front-car license plates.

[@molivah]

And also John Brown Ale

[@nickel1704]

Ever since Civil War Oversimplified, I've wanted to hear more about John Brown, and Bleeding Kansas in general! Thanks Simon!

[@texantompaine4509]

Kind of has an air of foreshadowing...hmm... Another great video as always, Fact Boi. Keep them coming and we'll keep consuming, mad lad.

[@nathanc.662]

I absolutely love your videos Simon! You explain things in such an elegant way that is both easy for me to follow and understand, but informative enough for me to actually learn new information (a balance that is not always easy to ascertain). Immediately subscribed and currently watching the other videos on this new channel! Well done to both you and the rest of the production team!!😎😎

[@MrPointblank]

Loving this new channel Simon! Keep the videos coming!

[@hanruswanepoel8832]

Simon I love this new channel! A suggestion I have for you is the 1st and 2nd Anglo-Boer Wats fought in South Africa in the 19th century. Another suggestion is the South African Border War fought between South Africa and Angola between 1966 and 1990. Keep up the awesome work, love your content!!

[@theawesomeman9821]

I'm guessing you're South African, right?

[@VeteranAlpha]

100% for the South African Border War! It's such a underrated conflict despite it being very huge for the continent of Africa and the Cold War in general. Like how Cuba and South Africa had a proxy conflict with each other. How 30K Cuban soldiers lost a battle to 1K South African Soldiers I believe? That lose caused Castro to execute 5 of his generals. And just in general how South Africa fought a huge border war with huge sanctions whilst manufacturing it's own military equipment from rifles to uniform to tanks and missiles. SADF for it's time was one of the most powerful militaries of the African continent if not the world.

[@ericmccallister6873]

I would recommend an episode on "The Toledo War". A little known armed conflict surrounding my home town that occurred on the Ohio and Michigan border in 1835-1836 that, similar to Bleeding Kansas, spiraled wildly out of control albeit with no fatalities.

[@2xManyHobbies]

Hearing Simon pronounce Osawatomie, Pottawatomie, and Marais des Cygnes warped my mind. I've heard them pronounced so many different ways, but that was a new one!

[@majorleagueminuteman1344]

Native Kansan here who spent several years living/working along the SE Kansas border with Missouri….there is still bad blood to this day between us.

[@noheroespublishing1907]

John Brown was once asked if he would be willing to compromise on the slavery issue; for fear of widespread conflict if a compromise couldn't be reached. It is said that he checked his wallet and then promptly apologized and said that he was bereft of Fucks to give; a power move if there ever was one.

[@ballinlikestalin878]

John "damn" Brown needs his own biographies video. One guy sparked so much violence

[@badluck5647]

America's first domestic terrorist

[@indy_go_blue6048]

There's a Civil War Journal episode devoted to JB. It was here once-upon-a-time but it's been gone for some time. Anyway, it was a really good episode which covered his life from his birth, marriages and children, becoming an abolitionist, his time in Kansas, and then the leadup and execution of the Harper's Valley raid.

[@pyromania1018]

Nah, it was gonna happen either way. He served as a good martyr, though.

[@codymorrison5906]

I love all of Simon's channels, but so far this one is my favorite.

[@mitchelleva]

Yay!!! a new Simon video to keep me company! Happy New Year and hope your 2022 is legendary.

[@angelogarcia2189]

Here, before God, in the presence of these witnesses, from this time, I consecrate my life to the destruction of slavery! John brown

[@DeathBear27]

He was an American Hero

[@normbarrows]

@@DeathBear27 nah - just another nut case with a cause - although his cause was what most would consider to be an admirable cause.

[@StoneInMySandal]

@@normbarrows People rarely talk about how absolutely insane John Brown was. I live in the historic area of Harpers Ferry and the real madness of the man is everywhere in small museums and interpretive sites. He was extraordinarily unlikable and dangerous to be around. He was an extremist in search of a cause and he just happened to find it in abolition. It’s fortunate for everyone his chosen cause was a good one.

[@Scotty8882hotty]

He was a terrible man.

[@gomahklawm4446]

He was a great man.

[@TransformerMike]

Please do John Brown on your Biographics channel or the Harper's Ferry Raid maybe on this Channel. Long time watcher, big time fan but never asked or made a suggestion and this made me wanna hear more about him!

[@Scotty8882hotty]

He was a terrible person, not worth remembering

[@pyromania1018]

I'd support that.

[@TheBLGL]

@@Scotty8882hotty Show us on this drawing where John Brown hurt you.

[@FreeFallingAir]

Happy new year Simon! Great video as always, take a rest buddy!

[@blueberryog69]

I drive right by the bleeding Kansas sign in Osawatomie, ks while on my way to Kansas City, Missouri all the time, the guy mentions that area in the video, definitely some rich history here where I live in Kansas.

[@lacyLor]

In case anyone ever wondered why Kansas and Missouri seem to hate each other and are bitter college sports rivals. It goes back a ways. Lol

[@theoutlook55]

9:08- 9:48 Thanks Simon for adding such an important contextual reminder. 👍🏿

[@Dank-gb6jn]

Somehow it’s never made it into his other videos related to the CW in any way. Simon is under the same impression that many Americans and Europeans are today; that being: ANYONE who fought for the CSA was a slave holding cur and that ANYONE who fought for the Union, was a righteous, saintly individual. Both cases are fraudulent and the situation itself was more than nuanced.

[@theoutlook55]

@@Dank-gb6jn incorrect, he had given nuance in past videos.

[@Dank-gb6jn]

@@theoutlook55 not quite sure which times you’re referring to. I haven’t seen a breakdown quite as clear as the one from 9:08 - 9:48 in his other videos on the CW. I will concede, he might not have been as vehemently one sided in every video; but he certainly ascribes to the idea that the soldiers in the CW were either vicious slavers, or saintly abolitionists. Something of which is far from the complete truth. In my state, Tennessee, especially the eastern part, many farmers, and townsfolk supported abolition and founded multiple abolitionist and manumission societies. They even helped freedmen travel to places like Libera. Further, do you *really* think that it was all “slavers and their children” or “abolitionists and their children” that fought this war? Those rich slavers, and equally as rich abolitionists and future carpetbaggers didn’t fight, or send THEIR sons to fight; they did what any other rich man did, they sent poor boys to die. It was common for rich Southerners to pay upwards of $3,000 (in CSA money) to the government and their son’s “substitute” aka patsy. This was legally allowed in the North too, where fees amounted to roughly $300. All this, amounts to rich men on either side of the aisle sending poor men and boys to slaughter each other over the issues of slavery (which is abhorrent and should never be allowed to occur again) and States’ Right to self determination.

[@theoutlook55]

@@Dank-gb6jn I certainly hear what you are saying, my point is that Simon, and most people with a strong opinion on the Civil War, see the elites and politicians who pushed for war in the south to be more close to The Stereotype, if you will, that you just described. You're certainly correct that Northerners were not a homogeneous group of abolitionists, and there were plenty of racist and uncaring people in the north too. Also, it's a fact that the one pushing for Stampy and the Rebellion, like Lincoln, we're more concerned with preserving the Territorial and political Integrity of the country then freeing anyone. Just look at Lincoln's second inaugural address.

[@Dank-gb6jn]

@@theoutlook55 then I hope you would do well to understand that, for people in the South, even today, many believe that the Northern government and community “leaders” fit their own stereotype as well. A stereotype of authoritarian, rich men, who sought to brutalize their neighbors to the South; through overzealous government overreach. You’ve agreed that there were indeed racists and uncaring Northerners at that time just like there were people of that mindset in the South; so we stand on that ground together. I won’t pretend to know WHY this war was fought, it’s far too nuanced and complex a subject to be boiled down to “X and Y”, but I will say that I don’t agree with the cited main reason, slavery. It was a reprehensible institution and one that I hope NEVER returns to this country.

[@theamericanpotatonamedphil4306]

Being in Kansas it is something we learn about but idk about most of the rest of the country. Fun seeing John brown named roads everywhere and the famous painting that represents it is still in the capital building in Topeka

[@hkschubert9938]

Thank you for another excellent summary of history. History does indeed seem to be repeating itself again.

[@stpnwlf9]

Born and raised in Kansas. That haunting image of John Brown towering over a field of battling soldiers is from the mural "Tragic Prelude" by John Steuart Curry which hangs on the wall of the state capitol in Topeka. In Kansas, Brown is seen as a heroic freedom fighter - the statue of him in the town square of Osawatamie is proof of that.

[@tobiasvaldez4816]

After hearing many unprofessional American accents done by Brits, Simons is 10/10. The beer reference took it home.

[@AlphaGator9]

While being very interested in the American Civil War, i had never really studied so many things that lead up to it. This is REALLY good stuff. Thank you to all of your team there.

[@buzzkut21]

“ Crack the bud light boys we’re gonna have a party”! ROFL his bad American accent just makes it funnier. Simon is getting better at this and he’s been really good at it for a while

[@TheStapleGunKid]

Bleeding Kansas was basically a mini-civil war before the Actual Civil war, this one also fought over the cause of slavery. The big difference here is that the Kansas War was very close to a pro-slavery win. Kansas came right up to the brink of being admitted to the Union as a slave state, just before anti-slavery forces managed to pull it back. What's ironic is that most of the pro-slavery settlers in Kansas were coming from Missouri, which ended up staying in the Union during the civil war.

[@denystull355]

Not entirely true. Though the governor Missouri was pro-union and didn't allow Missouri to secede. for the most part of the early civil war Missouri was Confederate controlled. My family was originally from Missouri and we had relatives that fought on both sides, brother against brother you know.

[@TheStapleGunKid]

@@denystull355 You're wrong. Missouri's governor was pro-Confederate. He tried to get Missouri to secede, and when they wouldn't go along with it, he and his legislator supporters fled the capitol and claimed to represent Missouri for the Confederacy. Although there was substantial Confederate support in the state, it was overall pro-Union. This can be shown in the difference of troop numbers for each side. 110,000 Missourians fought for the Union, vs only 40,000 for the CSA.

[@tomhenry897]

Don’t forget the army that chased the confederates down to Arkansas

[@mtvdvm4940]

Let’s get one on the Texas Revolution of 1836. To improve upon the Alamo video, which was good, and just because it an excellent military history that reads better than many novels and really gets down to the most interesting accounts form generals to line soldiers on both sides of the Rio Grande, I’d advise reading “The Texian Iliad” by Stephen L. Hardin.

[@theawesomeman9821]

He already did a video on it with his Geographic channel

[@mtvdvm4940]

@@theawesomeman9821 no he did one on the Alamo which was one battle in the revolution.

[@mackzun]

Well made video, very informational, thank you Simon.

[@amandajones661]

I keep forgetting about this channel! This is so good!

[@84marcow]

Another sad similarity between Bleeding Kansas and the 2020 Riots, most of the individuals involved came from other parts of the country. Several arrests made in Atlanta were of people who were from Jackson MS for example.

[@ballsonyourmomschin1781]

And over half the arrest in Minneapolis were from out of staters aswell

[@lorib1799]

Almost all the treasonous rioters came from out of town on 1/6 as well

[@amaccama3267]

Suggestion for a story. The Rats of Tobruk.

[@snyderpl]

My Great-great Grandfather, James Christian, was part of Bleeding Kansas - on the Free State side. He was an attorney and protected many of the free state leaders.

[@Angel_1394]

New to this channel and didn't even realize it to begin with. Simon will rule KZbin. Always good to find a new one

[@wesleyganey9942]

I love this channel. Could you cover the Cape Fear Uprising of 1898? It is the only “successful” coup d’état in American history taking place in Wilmington, NC. All the history books barely cover it and if they do, they just say it was “bad for both sides,” probably to not offend any of the founding families of Wilmington. It ties into the post-Civil War period in North Carolina and I think would make a great topic.

[@BTScriviner]

Good video. Would also love to see videos on the English Civil War, the Wars of Religion, or even some on the Crusades. Then there are non-European wars to explore. War really has defined human history.

[@marctherrien2181]

That was a very interesting and instructive episode. It helps to see how the tensions slowly grew until the civil war started.

[@kevinstrom5726]

Excellent video. Excited for this new channel.

[@williamgroome5485]

Interesting video Simon, thank you! Any chance you could do one on the Seven Years' War?

[@archstanton6102]

The real First Word War

[@nathanc.662]

Yes!! I am reading a book right now called the “Crucible of War” by Fred Anderson. It’s all about the Seven Years’ War and how it had a massive impact on the rest of the world. I feel that in all of my American History classes we just glossed over this war, interpreting this war as just a simple precursor to the American Revolution. But Anderson argues that from a global perspective, the Seven Years’ War was FAR more significant military conflict and changed the balance of global superpowers forever.

[@quasarsavage]

Thank u blaze boi for covering this. Kansas today strikes us as a strong conservative state but it is interesting to see it different back then different

[@valmid5069]

*Great historical video analysis Simon!*

[@davisbwaddell]

I love history but was oblivious to event. Thus, this is the first of your channels to which I'm subscribing.

[@jakerandall9722]

Amazing to hear Fact Boy name drop my home town! but for clarification, it is pronounced O-Sah-wah-toe-me. Awesome work on this video! thanks Simon and his team for the countless hours of entertainment.

[@julianshepherd2038]

Ok. Our country is pronounced Britain or the UK not England

[@molivah]

And Pah-tah-wah-tam-ee

[@Brap-pl2me]

@@julianshepherd2038No one cares

[@emelieperkins5617]

I'd like to suggest the story of the kokoda trail. The all or nothing effort in Papua new Guinea by the Australians and the locals to prevent invasion of Australia by the Japanese. It's arguably our nations proudest moment. I've got tears just thinking about it.

[@ruy195]

Dan Carlin's Hardcore History : Supernova in the east

[@moisesaguirre515]

I literally don't have the stomach to watch this one because I know what happens. But thank you Simon for making it

[@MonkstaRS3]

Woooooooo another channel from Simon! Life’s good!

[@raymondjameserickson]

How about the Metis rebellion for a video, the rebellion that shaped canada and forced it to build a railroad across it.

[@Lazbotable]

Do the July Crisis, the series of threats and escalations that lead to the declaration of the first world war

[@thatonekansasguy]

I am so proud to be from Kansas. I am a history major, going to start teaching history next year. Bleeding Kansas is a perfect example of Kansas' proclivity to fight for the rights of man.

[@juliuspayne6356]

I believe you have finally created the perfect channel to cover the Battle of Thermopylae. Keep up the hard work.

[@user-ly6pl5ot9m]

Dear Simon! Thank you for the interesting episode of American history oftenly overshadowed by the American Civil War! Would you be so kindly to think on the another overshadowed conflict, namely Great Paraguyan War or the War of Triple Alliance that destroyed a whole generation of Paraguyan males and bondaged that country to a crippling debt by this very day? Thank you!

[@codymorrison5906]

Agreed they should do this. Great idea dude!!!

[@user-ly6pl5ot9m]

@@codymorrison5906 At very least Simon should think on it, he's a busy man. I was interested in that war since I've read that they've legalised polygamy in Paraguay due to huge loss of life in that war.

[@jarrodmack5344]

Gettysburg, Vicksburg, and Petersburg please. But also the Campaign conducted by William Rosecrans to drive Braxton Bragg out of Central Tennessee and capture Chattanooga. A brilliant campaign with minimal losses

[@crazyeyez1502]

Add in Antietam and Harper's Ferry. 👍 Those two, and Gettysburg, are only a few minutes drive from me.

[@VeteranAlpha]

Battle of Gettysburg is already done. kzbin.info/www/bejne/lYDaqHZqabx8a5Y

[@kerrick7621]

Hate him or love him, John Brown was an interesting character.

[@mrsir2254]

This channel is soooo frakin kewl man.

[@acadams5]

Pott-uh-WATT-uh-mee

[@hayesginther897]

I think he was trying to say Osawatomie.

[@grasshopper-ln9us]

Love this new channel

[@michaelmorris4]

Another great video, thanks.

[@Googledeservestodie]

John Brown was the most *based af* American to ever live

[@tedwarden5803]

He did seem to be quite grounded.

[@greatsageequaltoheaven8115]

​@@tedwarden5803Like all Confederates imaoooooooooi 😂.

[@jarrodmack5344]

Also pleeeasse do the Battle of Antietam, probably the single most important battle of the Civil War

[@blakhorizon915]

This might be my new favorite Factboy Face Channel. I could use a new brain blaze in my life tho

[@IvanMrsicStudio]

When people talk about John Brown, the raid on Harpers Ferry sometimes overshadows the events of Bleeding Kansas, and Brown's 1858 raid in Missouri. I wish the Showtime series The Good Lord Bird focused more on Kansas and Missouri, and the conflict between Free Staters/Jayhawkers and Border Ruffians/Bushwhackers. There needs to be another film or TV series about John Brown set entirely in the American West.

[@dylanbusby7851]

John Brown is one of America's great heroes, unafraid to take action for the greater good

[@HomeSkillit]

😂 he was a power hungry Zealot and now the radical socialist left looks to him as a super hero. He was one of America's earliest domestic terr0ist.

[@dylanbusby7851]

@@HomeSkillit it's not terrorism when it violence against slavers

[@HomeSkillit]

Slavery is bad 100% agree. But in not going to play make believe. He did more damage than good & continues to this very day.

[@dylanbusby7851]

@@HomeSkillit anytime you say "slavery is bad but" you've automatically lost an argument

[@HomeSkillit]

@@dylanbusby7851 that's the most strawman comment I've ever read. Have a good night comrade ✌🏽

[@PresidentAutumn]

I’d actually like to see a Biographics about Jack Hinson. The best sniper of the Confederate army.

[@Dank-gb6jn]

That video would do about as well as one on “The Angel of Marye’s Heights”. Can’t have ANY videos portraying ANYTHING even semi notable for the Confederacy unless it has to do with “barbarity” or can be framed in an extremely negative light.

[@mtvdvm4940]

@@Dank-gb6jn you ain’t wrong, for Christ’s sake even Santa Anna is being turned into a good guy these days.

[@Dank-gb6jn]

@@mtvdvm4940 I won’t disagree, though I did find the video on Santa Anna to be pretty interesting and informative; considering I was not taught about him in school either. My educational experience completely omitted A LOT from existence. It was mayflower-American Revolution-gilded age-WWI-Post WWII, and that was about it. Save for Ancient history in college, and a bit more about WWII in modern Civ.

[@mtvdvm4940]

@@Dank-gb6jn yeah I mean he was a determined flip flopping politician for sure. It just annoys me as a Texan how people these days boil the Texas revolution down to white vs Mexican. Do they not know they many Tejanos (Early Texans or Hispanic heritage fought along side the Texians (early white Texans) form numerous counties across the world. The Alamo had amazing records of the diversity of the defenders santa Anna massacres against the advice of his own subordinate Major General Manuel Fernández Castrillón who the Texas secretary of war tried to save during the battle of San Jacinto because he was so respected. Or that Texas was not the only state in Mexico to rebel against Santa Anna’s federalist government. Hell if Texas was so white and racist why did their navy fight at Campeche bay to help the rebellion in the Mexican state of the Yucatán. Texan sailing vessels fought newer steam powered Mexican vessels commanded by British naval officers to a stand still, this is the battle engraved on the cylinder of cold navy pistols. Just shitty revisionist history thought the lens of race baiting political correctness

[@Dank-gb6jn]

@@mtvdvm4940 I ain’t a Texan, but I respect the Texas people and their history, not to mention, Davy Crockett, probably the most famous guy in my state; (aside from the king of foreheads himself Peyton Manning) fought to help Texas gain its independence. This revisionism crap has infected every state in the Nation, and pretty much every country in the world in some shape or another. Statues being torn down, history books being redacted or having pages stripped out, etc. Revisionism is dangerous and it can’t be allowed to continue; otherwise , we’ll lose our history and be doomed to repeat it.

[@guyvanarsdall7686]

Saw the thumbnail and thought, "Hey, wasn't that an album cover for the group Kansas in the 70's?"

[@TH3H0LYJ3BUS]

I never thought I'd hear Simon talk about cities I've been to, let alone ones I practically live right next to

[@NathanCassidy721]

I appreciate how the writer empathized on how the average citizen caught up in this conflict wasn’t some cartoon character villain. In fact that “leave me alone” attitude is very prevalent now in America especially with current politics. Which is getting pretty fucking bad right now.

[@ScribeHolder]

Couldn’t have said it better

[@sylviamontaez3889]

agreed. nothing annoys me more than when people trying to live a quiet life end up in the crossfire of someone elses mess.

[@omarpineda57]

Sadly none of this is being taught, the civil war and WW2 are being completely skipped in school and it's up to the teachers to cover them. It's pathetic and sad that many of my generation won't fully know or understand the civil war era and miss out on important stuff that happened in WW2.

[@dennisblankenship5979]

Another great video history

[@benjaminb3367]

First and another brilliantly written and read video.

[@boobiesbutts4295]

the greatest American to ever live John Brown!

[@seandawson5899]

John Brown wasn't a perfect man, but damn do I respect him.

[@scotthesse3965]

An excellent telling of a tale that does not get the credit that it deserves. As a Kansan I thought I knew the story, but there were many fresh details. "Bushwackers" were known as Missourians who came across the border to cause trouble. In 2000's Kansas, Bushwackers are people who try to catch young couples out parking on a lonely country road on a Friday night.

[@r.w.bottorff7735]

As someone that grew up on the Kansas/Missouri border I can testify to the fact that Lawrence, Kansas not only then, but also into the modern day, has upheld a reputation of being an amazingly open-hearted and inclusive community, full of friendly folks and awesome businesses. It's totally worth a visit. Great video and research too.

[@Jacaerys1]

I feel bad for the innocents caught in between, I do not feel bad for the pro slavery people at all. 🤷‍♂️