Antislavery settlers meet at Topeka and hold…

November 1855 CE

Antislavery settlers meet at Topeka and hold a constitutional convention from October 23 to November 12, 1855, after proslavery elements (largely “border ruffians” from Missouri) succeed in establishing a proslavery legislature in Kansas.

The resultant Topeka Constitution bans slavery; the question of admitting free blacks into the state is submitted to a popular vote as a separate issue.

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Topeka Shawnee Kansas United States View →

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Kansas, Territory of (U.S.A.) View →

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"Bleeding Kansas" View →

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