History of the United States I / Unit 14 USH1 1992 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Bleeding Kansas
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The idea
The guerrilla war that followed produced over one hundred and fifty deaths and significant property loss, and the territory became known as Bleeding Kansas.
In practice
Antislavery advocates embracing force as a method.
Where people slip
They distanced themselves from pacifists like Garrison in doing so, which ends the moral suasion strategy Unit 13 entry 1839 describes.
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