Free-State movement

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The Free-State movement was a mid-19th-century political and social campaign in the Kansas Territory that opposed the expansion of slavery and sought to ensure Kansas entered the Union as a free state.

All labels observed (5)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf anti-slavery movement ⓘ
historical movement ⓘ
political movement ⓘ
social movement ⓘ
associatedWith Free Soil Party ⓘ
Free-State Party (Kansas) ⓘ
Republican Party (United States) ⓘ
linked to: Republican Party
centeredIn Lawrence, Kansas ⓘ
Topeka, Kansas ⓘ
contributedTo rise of the Republican Party ⓘ
sectional tensions before the American Civil War ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
endTime 1861 ⓘ
hasEffect undermining pro-slavery control in Kansas Territory ⓘ
hasLocation Kansas ⓘ
Kansas Territory ⓘ
hasMainGoal admission of Kansas to the Union as a free state ⓘ
opposition to expansion of slavery ⓘ
hasParticipant Free-Soilers ⓘ
linked to: Free Soil Party

New England Emigrant Aid Company settlers ⓘ
abolitionists ⓘ
anti-slavery settlers from Northern states ⓘ
historicalRegion American frontier ⓘ
linked to: American West
influencedBy Kansas–Nebraska Act ⓘ
language English ⓘ
opposed expansion of slavery into Kansas Territory ⓘ
pro-slavery forces in Kansas Territory ⓘ
slavery ⓘ
partOf prelude to the American Civil War ⓘ
politicalPosition Free Soil ⓘ
linked to: Free Soil Party

anti-slavery ⓘ
reactionTo Kansas–Nebraska Act ⓘ
relatedTo American abolitionism ⓘ
Bleeding Kansas ⓘ
Free Soil movement ⓘ
linked to: Free Soil Party
resultedIn Kansas admitted to the Union as a free state ⓘ
significantEvent Bleeding Kansas ⓘ
Leavenworth Constitutional Convention ⓘ
Topeka Constitutional Convention ⓘ
linked to: Topeka Constitution

Wyandotte Constitutional Convention ⓘ
startTime 1854 ⓘ
supported Free-State Party (Kansas) ⓘ
timePeriod mid-19th century ⓘ
usedMethod armed self-defense ⓘ
constitutional conventions ⓘ
political organizing ⓘ

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Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kansas Territory → associatedWith → Free-State movement ⓘ
Sacking of Lawrence → ideologyOfDefenders → Free-State movement ⓘ
Amos Adams Lawrence → supportedCause → Free-State movement in Kansas Territory ⓘ
linked to: Free-State movement
Kansas Brigade → politicalAlignment → Free-State movement ⓘ
Constitution Hall, Lecompton → associatedWith → Free-State movement in Kansas ⓘ
linked to: Free-State movement
Border ruffians → opposedGroup → Free-Staters ⓘ
linked to: Free-State movement
Charles Robinson → movement → Free-State movement ⓘ
Topeka Free-State government → ideology → Free-Soil movement ⓘ
linked to: Free-State movement
Lecompton Constitution → opposedBy → Free-Soil movement ⓘ
linked to: Free-State movement