Bleeding Kansas: The Firestorm Before the Civil War

John Brown’s Crusade and the Kansas-Nebraska Catastrophe: America on the Brink
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What happens when a single piece of legislation sets the entire country on fire? How did an “innocent” act by Congress create a blood-soaked battleground that would drag America to the brink of Civil War? And who could have imagined that one man’s cane, swung in a fit of rage, would leave the halls of Congress soaked in violence? Welcome to Bleeding Kansas-the chaotic frontier where politics, violence, and fanaticism collided. As Senator Stephen A. Douglas cooked up the Kansas-Nebraska Act, thinking it was a stroke of brilliance, chaos erupted. But why did this seemingly "brilliant" plan lead to bloodshed in the West? What made John Brown, a simple man from the North, believe he was God’s chosen instrument for justice? And what drove Congressman Preston Brooks to strike Senator Charles Sumner in the most shocking assault in Senate history? Let’s journey back to a time when America stood on the edge of a knife, where every decision pushed the nation closer to Civil War, and where the flames of conflict were ignited by ambition, vengeance, and fanaticism. Stay tuned, because this is one story you won’t want to miss!

[@MarkOrwick]

Very good lot of people don’t know the war started here

[@carywest9256]

I pause this video @ the 3:59 minute mark, where did the two legged horse hitched to the wagon come from?
Must be an inbred yankee horse, like its owner!

[@SafetySpooon]

Your impotence is cute.