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Territorial Government

Territorial Kansas (1854-1861) was often a violent place. Bands of free-state and proslavery men fought and murdered their opponents in support of their respective causes. Meanwhile, ordinary settlers tried to avoid the conflict whenever possible and pursued their daily task of surviving on the frontier. read more

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  • Territorial Kansas Online
  • Territorial seal
  • Topeka Constitution (transcription)
  • Wyandotte Constitution (transcription)

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  • Kansas Kaleidoscope: February 1998, "Bleeding Kansas & the Civil War"
  • Kansas Kaleidoscope: December 2000/January 2001, "The Making of Kansas: Territorial Days 1854-1861"


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