Americana – 1856 and 1857 9x Original US Government Reports about Kansas disturbances known as ~Bleeding Kansas~ this conflict was over the adoption of slavery within the proposed state of Kansas and involved Missourians known as ~border ruffians~ against the free state emigrants and is said to be the first act of the civil war to come, they relate to the election fraud, depredations and murders by armed bands and militia, the attack on Lawrence and destruction of property etc, total 1980pp, some in wraps, slight foxing (9)