An exceptional account of the struggle between Free-State and
Slave-State parties, recounted here by one of the most conspicuous
and influential leaders of the Free-State party, Charles Robinson,
who was the first Governor of the State of Kansas. This book
includes the following topics: Slavery and Anti-Slavery,
Colonization Society, American Anti-Slavery Society, Liberty and
Free-Soil Parties, Weapons and Machinery, Characteristics of
Contestants, Eastern and Western Settlers, The Overland Route to
California in 1849, The Sacramento Riot, Situation in the East, Eli
Thayer and his Associates, Settlement of Lawrence, Claim
Controversies, Settlements, Elections, The First Kansas Celebration
of the Fourth of July, The Territorial Legislature, The Topeka
Constitution, The Murder of Dow, The Wakarusa War, Murder and
Burial of Barber, A Congressional Investigation, The Marshal's
Invasion of Lawrence, May 21, 1856, Shooting of Jones, An Official
Riot, Arrest of Robinson, Protest to the President, Reeder's
Escape, The Potawatomie Massacre, Dispersion of the State
Legislature, The Parts Played by Brown and Lane, Free-State and
Pro-Slavery Forces, Arrival of Governor Geary, End of the War, The
Presidential Election, Governor Geary's Failure, State and
Territorial Elections in 1857, Lecompton Constitution, Leavenworth
Constitution, Ultra Radicals, Montgomery and Brown, Marais des
Cygnes Massacre, Brown's Parallels, Arts of Peace, The Killing of
Jenkins, Admission of Kansas to the Union, Secession, The
Governor's First Message, Troops Called, Lane's Brigade and
Jay-Hawking, Lane's Influence at Washington. A full name index and
an appendix section, detailing correspondence about John Brown,
complete this work. Robinson is an important man in Kansas history
- the first governor, a doctor, pioneer explorer, gun toter at
times, wounded in a skirmish in California and given up for dead;
restauranteur in Sacramento, and more than once in jail for various
causes including murder
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