Missouri: A State Divided Long Before the Civil War Began
Missouri Civil War Museum, A State Divided, Missouri Compromise, Fugitive Slave Law, Dred Scot Decision, Abraham Lincoln, Election of 1860, Slavery in Missouri Tonya Graham McQuade Missouri Civil War Museum, A State Divided, Missouri Compromise, Fugitive Slave Law, Dred Scot Decision, Abraham Lincoln, Election of 1860, Slavery in Missouri Tonya Graham McQuade

Missouri: A State Divided Long Before the Civil War Began

In which I share an excerpt from my book, A State Divided, and explain some Missouri history leading up to the Civil War - including the Missouri Compromise of 1820, the Compromise of 1850/Fugitive Slave Law, the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854, the “Bleeding Kansas” Border Wars, and the Dred Scott Decision.


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