Bleeding Kansas: Slavery, Sectionalism, and Civil War on the Missouri-Kansas Border

by Michael E. Woods

Book Overview

Between 1854 and 1861, the struggle between pro-and anti-slavery factions over Kansas Territory captivated Americans nationwide and contributed directly to the Civil War. Combining political, social, and military history, Bleeding Kansas contextualizes and analyzes prewar and wartime clashes in Kansas and Missouri and traces how these conflicts have been remembered ever since. Michael E. Woods's compelling narrative of the Kansas-Missouri...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138958506
• ISBN13: 9781138958500
• Release Date: October 2016
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 230 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"