Colonel Edwin Vose “Bull” Sumner, center, dismisses the free-state legislature at Topeka, Kansas Territory, on July 4, 1856. This illustration of the controversial action first appeared in the July 26, 1856, issue of

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Date: 2011-11-08 13:48:33 Edwin Vose Sumner Topeka Constitution John W. Geary Wilson Shannon Kansas–Nebraska Act Constitution Hall Preston Brooks Kansas Franklin Pierce Bleeding Kansas United States Charles Sumner		Colonel Edwin Vose “Bull” Sumner, center, dismisses the free-state legislature at Topeka, Kansas Territory, on July 4, 1856. This illustration of the controversial action first appeared in the July 26, 1856, issue of Add to Reading List Source URL: www.kshs.org Download Document from Source Website File Size: 1,62 MB Share Document on Facebook

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