{"product_id":"vote-we-must-robert-collins-9798309301096","title":"\"Vote We Must!\": The Triumph of Democracy in Kansas Territory","description":"\u003cp\u003eHistory has often portrayed the process of Kansas becoming a free state with the phrase \"Bleeding Kansas.\" The focus of these stories is on murder and mayhem. But is that truly how Kansas entered the union as a state without slavery?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book puts forward the proposition that it was politics rather than violence that achieved this accomplishment. Antislavery settlers moved into the territory in far larger numbers than did proslavery settlers. A political \"free state\" movement was organized and, after trials and struggles, used its numbers to take command of the territorial government. In doing so they made their preference over the issue of slavery known.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this work that story is told through period newspapers and letters, memoirs, and more. These sources show the failures and successes in preventing slavery from taking root in Kansas Territory.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert Collins\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798309301096\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/03\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 204\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.62lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.43d","brand":"Robert Collins","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48800875512063,"sku":"9798309301096","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/vote-we-must-robert-collins-9798309301096","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}