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05/30/1854 |
Kansas-Nebraska Act is adopted in Washington, D.C. |
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06/02/1854 |
Anthony Burns is returned to Virginia. |
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06/07/1854 |
Secret Six and others are indicted for plotting to free Anthony Burns. |
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11/23/1854 |
Rev. Theodore Parker describes his recent arrest. |
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1854 |
Massasoit Guards is established. |
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1855 |
Massachusetts enacts “Personal Liberty Laws.” |
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05/21/1856 |
Pro-Slavery forces sack the “Boston abolition town” of Lawrence, Kansas. |
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06/03/1856 |
Emergency meeting is held by abolitionists. |
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06/03/1856 |
Kansas Aid Committee is established. |
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07/31/1856 |
Samuel Gridley Howe leaves Boston to deliver arms to Free Soil settlers in Kansas. |
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