Bleeding borders race, gender, and violence in pre-Civil War Kansas /

• Main Author: Oertel, Kristen Tegtmeier, 1969-
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, c2009.
• Series: Conflicting worlds.
• Subjects: Social conflict > History > 19th century. > Kansas; Slavery > Political aspects > History > 19th century. > Kansas; Sex role > History > 19th century. > Kansas; Violence > History > 19th century. > Kansas; Indians of North America > History > 19th century. > Kansas; African Americans > History > 19th century. > Kansas; Women, White > History > 19th century. > Kansas; HISTORY.; Kansas > History > 1854-1861.; Kansas > Social conditions > 19th century.; Kansas > Race relations > History > 19th century.; Electronic books.
• Online Access: View fulltext via EzAccess
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xi, 198 p., [4] p. of plates) : ill., map.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-194) and index.
• ISBN: 9780807135006 (electronic bk.); 0807135003 (electronic bk.)

In Bleeding Borders, Kristen Tegtmeier Oertel offers a fresh, multifaceted interpretation of the quintessential sectional conflict in pre-Civil War Kansas. Instead of focusing on the white, male politicians and settlers who vied for control of the Kansas territorial legislature, Oertel explores the crucial roles Native Americans, African Americans, and white women played in the literal and rhetorical battle between proslavery and antislavery settlers in the region. She brings attention to the local debates and the diverse peoples who participated in them during that contentious period. Oertel b.