Matt Barrow wrote:
"Jim Macklin" wrote in message
news:b3Igg.26415$ZW3.20228@dukeread04...
People were killed in "Bloody Kansas" for lots or reasons
that make little sense today.

And it was not considered a fight against slavery until after 1863. Lincoln
added that to bolster support when the war was going badly. That had a
reverse effect, manifesting in the anti-draft riots.


What was the motive for the murders at Pottawatomie Creek, tariffs?

What do you consider to be the issues that divided Kansans?

Don't you think we should move this to a newsgroup where it is
on-topic like soc.history.war.us-civil-war or alt.war.civil.usa.

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