To Govern the Devil in Hell : : The Political Crisis of Territorial Kansas / / Pearl Ponce.
One hundred and fifty years after Kansas was admitted to the Union, we still find ourselves fascinated by the specter of "Bleeding Kansas" and the violence that preceded the American Civil War by five years. Although ample attention has been devoted to understanding why territorial violenc...
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| Year of Publication: | 2021 |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Table of Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1-Jupiter's Gift: The Creation of Kansas Territory
- 2-Territorial Politics and the Struggle for Party Supremacy, 1854-1855
- 3-Kansas in 1856: The Escalating Conflict
- 4-Congress and the Kansas Issue in 1856
- 5-The 1856 Presidential Campaign and Kansas as a Party Issue
- 6-Pledges and Principles: Buchanan, Walker, and Kansas in 1857
- 7-"The Noise of Democracy": The Struggle over the Lecompton Constitution in Congress and Kansas
- Conclusion-"To the Stars through Difficulty"
- Appendix A-Kansas-Nebraska Vote in the Senate (March 3, 1854)
- Appendix B-Senate Results by Section and Part
- Appendix C-Final Kansas-Nebraska Vote in the House (May 22, 1854)
- Appendix D-House Results by Section and Party
- Appendix E-House Results by State
- Appendix F -Kansas Contested Delegate Election: Comparison of Vote to Oust Whitfield and to Seat Reeder (August 4, 1856) with Vote to Authorize a Special Investigating Committee (March 19, 1856
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index