The Kansas Civil War continues with the Marais des Cygnes Massacre: Charles Hamilton leads a group of about 30 pro-slavery Missourians into Trading Post, federal enclave of Kansas, where they kidnap and shoot 11 Kansas free-staters—five of them fatally.
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Marais des Cygnes massacre – Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marais_des_Cygnes_massacre
John Brown’s final border act set stage for opening of Civil War | Local News | joplinglobe.com
www.joplinglobe.com/news/local_news/john-brown-s-final-border-act-set-stage-for-opening-of-civil-war/article_5bf72ad2-0977-5e23-9ab1-c65064610cb7.html
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