LeCompton

When people in the Midwest refer to "Bloody Kansas" or the "Border War", it usually elicits visions of localized skirmishes. A closer look will reveal that this newly formed territory was the "Birthplace of the Civil War". While many history books focus on the battles in the east, it was the introduction of Kansas Territory, in 1854, that would end up tipping the scales toward the end of slavery. Early Kansas legislators were rolling the dice, when they attempted to push through a one-sided constitution, prior to statehood. We traveled to Constitution Hall, in Lecompton, to learn more about this unique period in [...]