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The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 established two new territories with a provision that settlers would decide whether they entered the Union as free or slave states. This legislation negated the 1820 Missouri Compromise which previously designated Missouri’s southern boundary as the dividing line between free and slave states. As eastern Kansas was settled during the 1850s, intense competition and armed conflict developed between pro-slavery and anti-slavery (Free State) factions, and the territory came to be known as “Bloody Kansas.“ Pro-slavery settlers moved from neighboring Missouri which permitted slavery, while groups such as the New England Emigrant Aid Company promoted anti-slavery settlement.
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xg94j229h
label
Map of Eastern Kansas
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obj
dtoType
map
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
xg94j229h
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
Map of Eastern Kansas
description
The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 established two new territories with a provision that settlers would decide whether they entered the Union as free or slave states. This legislation negated the 1820 Missouri Compromise which previously designated Missouri’s southern boundary as the dividing line between free and slave states. As eastern Kansas was settled during the 1850s, intense competition and armed conflict developed between pro-slavery and anti-slavery (Free State) factions, and the territory came to be known as “Bloody Kansas.“ Pro-slavery settlers moved from neighboring Missouri which permitted slavery, while groups such as the New England Emigrant Aid Company promoted anti-slavery settlement.
date
["1856"]
year
1856
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
06_01_006559
creators
Whitman, E. B. (Edmund Burke), 1812-1883
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
Kansas--Maps
subjectsGeographic
Kansas
North and Central America
United States
genreBasic
Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
country
United States
state
Kansas
thumbnailUrl
largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
Boston
publisher
J.P. Jewett and Co.
Source extras
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sf268508b
collectionArkId
41688024w
schema:latitude
38.6667
schema:longitude
-98
extent
1 map : col. ; 67 x 52 cm.
notes
Shows towns, trading posts, forts, trails, and locations of Indian tribes.
"Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1856 by E.B. Whitman & A.D. Searl ...."
Includes ill. of notable buildings.
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no
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xg94j229h
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map
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1
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0
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photo
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800bad03987ca570