Long before the first shot of the Civil War was fired at Fort
Sumter, violence had already erupted along the Missouri-Kansas
border--a recurring cycle of robbery, arson, torture, murder, and
revenge. This multifaceted study brings together fifteen scholars
to expand our understanding of this vitally important region, the
violence that besieged it, and its overall impact on the Civil War.
"Bleeding Kansas, Bleeding Missouri" blends political, military,
social, and intellectual history to explain why the region's
divisiveness was so bitter and persisted for so long. Providing a
more nuanced understanding of the conflict, it defines both what
united and divided the men and women who lived there and how
various political disagreements ultimately disintegrated into
violence. By focusing on contested definitions of liberty,
citizenship, and freedom, it also explores how civil societies
break down and how they are reconstructed when the conflict
ends.
The contributors examine this key chapter in American history in
all of its complexity. Essays on "Slavery and Politics of Law and
Order along the Border" examine how the border region was
transformed by the conflict over the status of slavery in Kansas
Territory and how the emerging conflict on the Kansas-Missouri
border took on a larger national significance. Other essays focus
on the transition to total warfare and examine the wartime
experiences of the diverse people who populated the region in
"Making the Border Bleed." Final articles on "The Border
Reconstructed and Remembered" explore the ways in which border
residents rebuilt their society after the war and how they
remembered it decades later.
As this penetrating collection shows, only when Missourians and
Kansans embraced a common vision for America--one based on shared
agricultural practices, ideas about economic development, and
racial equality--could citizens on both sides of the border
reconcile.
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