1857 Election Ballots

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Title: 1857 Election Ballots
Creator: J.C. Head
Description: These are ballots that were cast in the December 21, 1857 election in Kansas Territory. Citizens voted to either ratify the Lecompton Constitution with slavery or to ratify it without slavery. Free State supporters boycotted the election and the pro-slavery vote prevailed.
Date: December 21, 1857
Local Subject: Popular Sovereignty
Bleeding Kansas, Bloodletting Missouri
Lecompton Constitutional Convention
People: J.C. Head
Geographic Subject: Lecompton, Kansas
Douglas County, Kansas
Object Type: Ballots
Owning Organization: Kansas Historical Society
Location: Kansas Territorial Records, Box 4 (27-01-04-01)
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