The Kansas Civil War continues: Sheriff Samuel J. Jones, of Douglas County, federal enclave of Kansas, leads a pro-slavery mob in burning buildings, looting homes, committing a murder, and the destruction of the (Lawrence) Kansas Free State and the Herald of Freedom newspapers.
[updated 9/26/2026]
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References:
Maury Klein, Days of Defiance: Sumter, Secession and the Coming of the Civil War, (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1997), 50.
Calvin D. Linton, ed. The Bicentennial Almanac: 200 Years of America, 1776-1976, (Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson, 1975), 148.
Marais des Cygnes massacre – Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marais_des_Cygnes_massacre
Sacking of Lawrence – Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacking_of_Lawrence
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