Kansas Bleeds

After the fraudulent elections in the Kansas Territory, tensions erupted following the death of a Free State settler. The pro-slavery and anti-slavery settlers took up arms in the Wakarusa War and the Sack of Lawrence. In Washington, the Kansas controversy led to the brutal beating of an anti-slavery politician on the floor of the Senate.
Chris Calton gives a revisionist look at the antebellum period leading up to the Civil War. This is the seventh episode in the second season of Historical Controversies.
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[@PurestPosition]

Love this series. Fantastic material and production value.

[@Flatunello]

Love the series, but I have never heard a host mispronounce so many names in my life!

[@Arklay_Ishimura]

The Midwestern Border wars of The Mid 19th Century as I call them. Absolutely fascinating. Loving your channel, Sir.

[@K.Dilkington]

Good stuff once again. Never a dissapointment, Chris. By the way, a Dragoon is a calvary unit that is trained in both mounted (calvary) and dismounted (infantry) tactics.

[@cornfedlife]

Thank you. Such an interesting telling of a part of history I SHOULD know about.

[@donnadevlin7378]

Could you provide source information for the August 1856 rape by proslavery men upon a free state woman? I would really appreciate it!

[@petestaples3404]

So while Brooks swung DOWN,Sumner,and the bolts,were wrenched UP. That makes sense. When I drive a nail it often goes the opposite way

[@musiceducationvideo4111]

fantastic

[@welshcaesar]

Nice.

[@lisareed5669]

Wow. "Rape" is NOT a sexual metaphor. It is violence, period. Do better.