Northern Rebellion and Southern Secession

1st sess 34 Cong abolition abolitionists admitted agitation American anti-slavery armed authority border ruffians Boston census citizens Civil claimed colonies committee Confederation Congress Congressional Constitution convention Court declared district Docs election Eli Thayer emancipation England evidence existing fact Federal force free negroes free-State fugitive slave fugitive slave law Harper's Ferry Hist History U. S. House hundred illegal votes Illinois Indiana John Brown Kansas Kansas Territory Kansas-Nebraska bill labor Lawrence legislative legislature Lincoln majority Massachusetts ment Missouri Missourians moral movement mulattoes North Northern Northern party Northwest Territory officers Ohio Ordinance organized party passed person petition political President pro-slavery prohibition provision question ratified rebellion representative Rhodes Robinson says secession Senate settlers Sharp's rifles slave laws slave trade slave-holding slavery South South Carolina Southern sovereignty Thayer tion Topeka Topeka constitution underground railroad Union United Virginia witness writers York