History of the United States I / Unit 14 USH1 1987 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Emigrant Aid Society
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The idea
The free-soil majority in Kansas resented the subversion of democracy, and many of them came from New England, funded by the New England Emigrant Aid Society.
In practice
Settlement organised and paid for as a political instrument.
Where people slip
Both sides were importing voters. The difference was that one side crossed a state line on election day and the other moved in and stayed.
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