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Kansas Emigrant Aid Quest Begins With Thayer Plan
Thayer leads New England settlers to Kansas in 1854 to create a free state fortress. Twenty nine pioneers travel west by ship, train, river, and ox wagon to Mount Oread, joined by later parties, forming a crusade grounded in law and free soil. The venture draws national attention as mobs, politics, and frontier life collide.
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Charles Robinson
Boston
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Wendell Phillips
William Lloyd Garrison
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New England Aid Company
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Chicago
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Charles Branscomb
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Joseph Savage
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