Topeka Free-State government
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The Topeka Free-State government was an anti-slavery, extralegal territorial government formed by Free-Soil settlers in Kansas in the mid-1850s to oppose the pro-slavery territorial administration during the Bleeding Kansas conflict.
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Free-State government
ⓘ
anti-slavery political organization ⓘ extralegal territorial government ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction | Kansas Territory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | principle of popular sovereignty free from fraud and intimidation ⓘ |
| capital | Topeka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| describedAs |
Free-State response to pro-slavery control of Kansas territorial institutions
ⓘ
rival government to the official Kansas territorial administration ⓘ |
| dissolved | late 1850s ⓘ |
| follows | official pro-slavery territorial government of Kansas ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Free-Soil Party activists
ⓘ
Free-State settlers in Kansas ⓘ |
| hasCause |
Kansas–Nebraska Act
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
pro-slavery territorial administration in Kansas ⓘ voter fraud in Kansas territorial elections ⓘ |
| hasDocument | Topeka Constitution NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGoal | admission of Kansas as a free state ⓘ |
| headOfGovernment | Charles L. Robinson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historyPeriod |
1850s in Kansas Territory
ⓘ
Antebellum United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ideology |
Free-Soil movement
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
anti-slavery ⓘ |
| inception | 1855 ⓘ |
| legalStatus | extralegal ⓘ |
| legislativeBody | Topeka legislature NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Kansas Territory
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Topeka, Kansas Territory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Topeka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| opposedBy |
President Franklin Pierce
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
U.S. Senate NERFINISHED ⓘ pro-slavery territorial government of Kansas ⓘ |
| opposes |
expansion of slavery into Kansas Territory
ⓘ
pro-slavery territorial legislature elected with Missouri border ruffian interference ⓘ |
| partOf | Bleeding Kansas conflict NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| replaces | legitimacy of the pro-slavery territorial legislature in Kansas (claimed) ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
Bleeding Kansas
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
dispersal of the Topeka legislature by federal troops ⓘ drafting of the Topeka Constitution ⓘ refusal of President Franklin Pierce to recognize the Topeka government ⓘ submission of the Topeka Constitution to the U.S. Congress ⓘ |
| supportedBy |
Free-Soil settlers in Kansas
ⓘ
Northern anti-slavery politicians ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.