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The Nebraska-Kansas Act of 1854 / edited by John R. Wunder and Joann M. Ross.

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The Nebraska-Kansas Act of 1854 turns upside down the traditional way of thinking about one of the most important laws ever passed in American history. The act that created Nebraska and Kansas also, in effect, abolished the Missouri Compromise, which had prohibited slavery in the region since 1820....

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Other Authors: Wunder, John R., Ross, Joann M.
Format: Government Document eBook
Language:English
Published: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©2008.
Series:Law in the American West.
Subjects:
United States. > Kansas-Nebraska Act.
Nebraska > History > 19th century.
Law > Nebraska > History > 19th century.
Kansas > History > 1854-1861.
Law > Kansas > History > 19th century.
Sovereignty > History > 19th century.
Slavery > Political aspects > United States > History > 19th century.
Political culture > United States > Case studies.
Kansas-Nebraska Act (United States)
Law.
Political culture.
Slavery > Political aspects.
Sovereignty.
Kansas.
Nebraska.
United States.
Case studies.
History.

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Call Number: E433 .N355 2008eb
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