Lecompton Constitution Referendum Demonstrates Electoral Fraud in Service of Slavery Expansion
A fraudulent referendum on the Lecompton Constitution occurs in Kansas Territory, with pro-slavery forces manipulating the process to attempt forcing slavery on Kansas despite the Free-State majority. Free-State settlers refuse to participate in the June 1857 election for constitutional convention …
James Buchanan
Stephen A. Douglas
Pro-slavery delegates
Border Ruffians
Free-State settlers
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