Free-Staters was the name given to settlers in Kansas Territory during the "Bleeding Kansas" period in the 1850s who opposed the expansion of slavery. The name derives from the term "free state", that is, a U.S. state without slavery. Many of the "free-staters" joined the Jayhawkers in their fight against slavery and to make Kansas a free state.
1855 Free-State poster in Kansas Territory, calling for action against slavery supporters and slavery-supporting laws.
As time passed and the violence in Bleeding Kansas escalated, the Free-State movement became more popular. In 1858, the Free-Staters proposed a second constitution, the Leavenworth Constitution, which banned slavery and also would have given the right to vote to black men, though this constitution also failed because the US Senate did not ratify it.[6][7] Kansas became a state January 29, 1861 after a free state constitution (from a conference in Wyandotte in 1859) was adopted.[7] The Confederate States of America seceded in the next month and Jefferson Davis was sworn in as their president February 18, 1861.
During this campaign both for and against the 2022 Kansas abortion referendum, a failed ballot initiative which would have removed abortion rights from the Kansas Constitution, Kansas's history as a "free state", or a "beacon of liberty within the region," was brought up by various commentators.[8][9][10][11]
^"Honorable E. D. Holton: He Visits our Young City Amid the Firing of Cannon, The Ringing of Bells, Playing of Bands, And Rejoicing Generally". Holton Recorder. Holton, Kansas. December 11, 1879. Retrieved February 18, 2013.
^Gilman, A. F. (1914). The Origin of the Republican Party. Ripon, Wisconsin: Ripon College. pp. 5–10. Retrieved August 2, 2018.
^Cordley, Richard (1895). A History of Lawrence: From the Earliest Settlement to the Close of The Rebellion. Lawrence, KS: E. F. Caldwell. pp. 1–3.
^Prichard, Jeremy (2013-04-22). "New England Emigrant Aid Company". Civil War on the Western Border. Kansas City Public Library. Retrieved 2018-08-02. The Northern settlers, who began arriving in 1854, founded various towns such as Topeka, Manhattan ... Osawatomie [and] Lawrence.
^Smarsh, Sarah (2022-08-03). "Opinion | Why the Defense of Abortion in Kansas Is So Powerful". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-10-03.
^Kirk, Elizabeth (2022-08-11). "The Meaning of Kansas: Lessons from a Pro-Life Defeat". Public Discourse. Retrieved 2022-10-03.
^"Kansas votes to protect abortion rights in state constitution". the Guardian. 2022-08-03. Retrieved 2022-10-03.
^Kendall, Dave (2022-07-31). "As a 'Free State,' Kansas has a long history of deciding who should wield political power". Kansas Reflector. Retrieved 2022-10-03.
Thayer, Eli (1889). History of the Kansas Crusade: Its Friends and its Foes. New York: Harper and Brothers. Retrieved August 2, 2018.
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