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Murder of Thos Shoemaker and Kansas proslavery plot
A Kansas era dispatch reports the murder of Thomas Shoemaker, ex Receiver of the Land Office, near Jacksonville. It notes alleged proslavery conspiracies to seize lands from Indians and convert them into voter bases for a Constitutional Convention, with threats against free state supporters and calls for a Delegate Convention on March 10 1857.
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Land Office
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Shoemaker
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Jackson County
Free State
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Friends of Freedom of the States
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God of Our Fathers
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Supreme Court of the United States
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