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.

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Free-State movement canonical 2

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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

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Kansas Territory associatedWith Free-State movement
Sacking of Lawrence ideologyOfDefenders Free-State movement