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Bleeding Kansas era re-enacted at Constitution Hall
A Lecompton Sunday public meeting reenacts 1854 to 1861 debates on slavery in Kansas. The performance, Kansas Territorial Characters, by the Lecompton Re-enactors, uses historical records to show a tense period when officials and residents wrestled with free or slave state status amid threats and armed confrontations. John Brown is portrayed among the figures, highlighting the era’s violence and political strife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Young
Journal-World
Alan Shirrell
Tecumseh
John Brown
Kansas
Constitution Hall
Lecompton
Kansas Territorial
Constitution Hall State Historic Site
J. How
Territorial
Missouri