Waging the War on Slavery
Against The Current vol. 147
Morrison, Derrick
http://www.solidarity-us.org/node/2943
Date Written: 2010-07-01
Publisher: Against The Current
Year Published: 2010
Resource Type: Article
Cx Number: CX13681
The settlement of Lawrence in the territory of Kansas, summer of 1856: Pro-slavery and anti-slavery settlers are trying to colonize the territory. The former want a slave-soil, the latter a free-soil state. Armed pro-slavery gangs from Missouri are harassing and attacking the free-soil settlers. The U.S. government and U.S. Army are pro-slavery.
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