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The atrocities committed by the 'Border Ruffians' upon the free-State settlers sent a thrill of terror through all law-abiding communities.

History of the Negro Race in America from 1619 to 1880. Vol. 2 (of 2) Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens George Washington Williams

When Kansas lay bleeding at the feet of border ruffians; when Congress gave the free-State settlers no protection, but was rather trying to drag the territory into the Union with a slave constitution, -- without noise or bluster John Brown dropped down into Osage County.

History of the Negro Race in America from 1619 to 1880. Vol. 2 (of 2) Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens George Washington Williams

Lane had been one of the most famous free-State fighters in Kansas

McClure's Magazine, Vol. XXXI, No. 3, July 1908. Various

He organized a mass-meeting for him in Tremont Temple, and for a few days the story he related stimulated to a livelier activity the more conservative people, who were inclined to think the reports of the free-State men much exaggerated.

History of the Negro Race in America from 1619 to 1880. Vol. 2 (of 2) Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens George Washington Williams

He had been imprisoned in Spandau for attempting to aid the Poles; had narrowly escaped with his life while struggling in Greece against Turkey; and had braved death again and again while aiding the free-State men against the pro-slavery myrmidons of Kansas.

Autobiography of Andrew Dickson White, Volume I 1905

The most significant illustration of the underlying spirit of the struggle was that President Pierce had successively appointed three Democratic governors for the Territory, who, starting with pro-slavery bias, all became free-State partizans, and were successively insulted and driven from the Territory by the pro-slavery faction when in manly protest they refused to carry out the behests of the Missouri conspiracy.

A Short Life of Abraham Lincoln Nicolay, John G 1904

One was personal, in that Senator Douglas of Illinois, by whom the repeal was championed, and whose influence as a free-State senator and powerful Democratic leader alone made the repeal possible, had been his personal antagonist in Illinois politics for almost twenty years.

A Short Life of Abraham Lincoln Nicolay, John G 1904

The whole finally culminated in a chronic border war between Missouri raiders on one hand, and free-State guerrillas on the other; and it became necessary to send Federal troops to check the disorder.

A Short Life of Abraham Lincoln Nicolay, John G 1904

If Kansas wants a slave-State constitution, she has a right to it; if she wants a free-State constitution, she has a right to it.

A Short Life of Abraham Lincoln Nicolay, John G 1904

The several free-State governors sent loyal and enthusiastic responses to the call for militia, and tendered double the numbers asked for.

A Short Life of Abraham Lincoln Nicolay, John G 1904