Blog /blog/stories/ Blog Sat, 18 Apr 2026 08:06:28 +0000 Bleeding Kansas: A Tour of the War before the War /blog/stories/post/bleeding-kansas-a-tour-of-the-war-before-the-war/ /blog/stories/post/bleeding-kansas-a-tour-of-the-war-before-the-war/#comments /blog/stories/post/bleeding-kansas-a-tour-of-the-war-before-the-war/ Fri, 15 Dec 2023 04:00:00 -0500

A small two-story wooden building, a grassy meadow, a quiet park, a wooded valley between hills; these spots today are relatively unassuming and even banal at first appearance, but there was a time when these places in rural Kansas were the center of national attention. I visited several major sites

]]> The Underground Railroad Network To Freedom /blog/stories/post/the-underground-railroad-network-to-freedom/ /blog/stories/post/the-underground-railroad-network-to-freedom/#comments /blog/stories/post/the-underground-railroad-network-to-freedom/ Mon, 31 Aug 2020 17:00:00 -0400

Kansas’ role in the fight for freedom is well established. The Bleeding Kansas moniker accurately describes the era in the state’s history where pro-slavery and abolitionist activists clashed. This time in the state was a predictor of the Civil War, showing that the decision to abolish slavery

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