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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Predicate Object
instanceOf anti-slavery movement
historical movement
political movement
social movement
associatedWith Free Soil Party
Free-State Party (Kansas)
Republican Party (United States)
linked to: Republican Party
centeredIn Lawrence, Kansas
Topeka, Kansas
contributedTo rise of the Republican Party
sectional tensions before the American Civil War
country United States
endTime 1861
hasEffect undermining pro-slavery control in Kansas Territory
hasLocation Kansas
Kansas Territory
hasMainGoal admission of Kansas to the Union as a free state
opposition to expansion of slavery
hasParticipant Free-Soilers
linked to: Free Soil Party

New England Emigrant Aid Company settlers
abolitionists
anti-slavery settlers from Northern states
historicalRegion American frontier
linked to: American West
influencedBy Kansas–Nebraska Act
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
linked to: Free Soil Party

anti-slavery
reactionTo Kansas–Nebraska Act
relatedTo American abolitionism
Bleeding Kansas
Free Soil movement
linked to: Free Soil Party
resultedIn Kansas admitted to the Union as a free state
significantEvent Bleeding Kansas
Leavenworth Constitutional Convention
Topeka Constitutional Convention
linked to: Topeka Constitution

Wyandotte Constitutional Convention
startTime 1854
supported Free-State Party (Kansas)
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
Amos Adams Lawrence supportedCause Free-State movement in Kansas Territory
linked to: Free-State movement
Kansas Brigade politicalAlignment Free-State movement
Constitution Hall, Lecompton associatedWith Free-State movement in Kansas
linked to: Free-State movement
Border ruffians opposedGroup Free-Staters
linked to: Free-State movement
Charles Robinson movement Free-State movement
Topeka Free-State government ideology Free-Soil movement
linked to: Free-State movement
Lecompton Constitution opposedBy Free-Soil movement
linked to: Free-State movement