To: Lexinom
And yet the Border wars between Missouri and Kansas was all about whether Kansas would be a free or slave state. States rights and succession did not enter into it. The civil war was being fought on the Kansas Missouri border for years before a shot was fired at Ft. Sumner. The cause of this conflict was pretty much about slavery.
To: Pete from Shawnee Mission
And yet the Border wars between Missouri and Kansas was all about whether Kansas would be a free or slave state.Free or slave was a matter of which economic structure would hold up.
31 posted on
01/26/2007 6:45:18 PM PST by
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To: Pete from Shawnee Mission; All
Here is an excellent read regarding the War of Northern Aggression and its causes.
http://www.FreeRepublic.com/forum/a3b2404987d82.htm
Nam Vet
129 posted on
01/27/2007 11:10:29 PM PST by
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