Topeka Constitution

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The Topeka Constitution was a free-state antislavery constitution drafted in 1855 by opponents of the pro-slavery territorial government in Kansas, forming part of the violent political struggle known as "Bleeding Kansas."

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Predicate Object
instanceOf antislavery constitution
historical document
state constitution draft
aimedToEstablish free state of Kansas NERFINISHED
associatedWithEvent Bleeding Kansas NERFINISHED
category American antislavery movement documents
Bleeding Kansas documents
consideredBy U.S. House of Representatives NERFINISHED
context Kansas–Nebraska Act NERFINISHED
country United States of America
surface form: United States
draftedAt Topeka NERFINISHED
draftedIn Kansas Territory NERFINISHED
draftedInYear 1855
followedBy Lecompton Constitution NERFINISHED
geographicScope Kansas NERFINISHED
hasLanguage English
hasName Topeka Constitution NERFINISHED
historicalPeriod Antebellum period NERFINISHED
influencedBy antislavery politics in the northern United States
issue slavery in Kansas Territory
legalStatus never recognized by the federal government
not admitted by U.S. Congress
movement Free-Soil movement NERFINISHED
opposed pro-slavery territorial government of Kansas
opposedBy pro-slavery forces in Kansas Territory
opposedInstitution slavery
partOf struggle over popular sovereignty in Kansas
politicalAlignment free-state
precededBy informal free-state conventions in Kansas
rejectedBy U.S. Senate NERFINISHED
relatedTo Leavenworth Constitution NERFINISHED
Lecompton Constitution NERFINISHED
Wyandotte Constitution NERFINISHED
soughtAdmissionAs free state
subjectMatter state government framework for Kansas as a free state
supportedBy Free-State Party in Kansas NERFINISHED

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Kansas Territory rivalConstitution Topeka Constitution