Free-State movement
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The Free-State movement was a mid-19th-century political and social campaign in the Kansas Territory that opposed the expansion of slavery and sought to ensure Kansas entered the Union as a free state.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Free-State movement canonical | 2 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
anti-slavery movement
ⓘ
historical movement ⓘ political movement ⓘ social movement ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Free Soil Party
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Free-State Party (Kansas) NERFINISHED ⓘ Republican Party (United States) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centeredIn |
Lawrence, Kansas
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Topeka, Kansas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contributedTo |
rise of the Republican Party
ⓘ
sectional tensions before the American Civil War ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| endTime | 1861 ⓘ |
| hasEffect | undermining pro-slavery control in Kansas Territory ⓘ |
| hasLocation |
Kansas
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kansas Territory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMainGoal |
admission of Kansas to the Union as a free state
ⓘ
opposition to expansion of slavery ⓘ |
| hasParticipant |
Free-Soilers
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
New England Emigrant Aid Company settlers NERFINISHED ⓘ abolitionists ⓘ anti-slavery settlers from Northern states ⓘ |
| historicalRegion | American frontier NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Kansas–Nebraska Act NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| opposed |
expansion of slavery into Kansas Territory
ⓘ
pro-slavery forces in Kansas Territory ⓘ slavery ⓘ |
| partOf | prelude to the American Civil War ⓘ |
| politicalPosition |
Free Soil
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
anti-slavery ⓘ |
| reactionTo | Kansas–Nebraska Act NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
American abolitionism
ⓘ
Bleeding Kansas NERFINISHED ⓘ Free Soil movement NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| resultedIn | Kansas admitted to the Union as a free state ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
Bleeding Kansas
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Leavenworth Constitutional Convention NERFINISHED ⓘ Topeka Constitutional Convention NERFINISHED ⓘ Wyandotte Constitutional Convention NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startTime | 1854 ⓘ |
| supported | Free-State Party (Kansas) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod | mid-19th century ⓘ |
| usedMethod |
armed self-defense
ⓘ
constitutional conventions ⓘ political organizing ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.