U.S. Sectionalism Timeline, 1855-1859
1855-1856: Rival Legislatures established in territorial Kansas Lecompton: Slave Topeka/Lawrence: Free State (Jayhawk) November 1855: “Battle” of the Wakarusa River May 19-20, 1856: Senator Charles Sumner’s two-day “Crime Against Kansas” speech
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