These unsigned diary entries discuss the Kansas-Nebraska Act, the election of the Bogus Legislature and subsequent protests, the arrest of John Brown, and violent Bushwhacker raids. The author describes the “tragic + bloody + exciting scenes” of life on the border of Kansas and Missouri.

1854-1855

Kansas-Nebraska Act
Popular Sovereignty
Bleeding Kansas, Bloodletting Missouri
Border Ruffians
Guerrillas
Bogus Legislature
Bushwhackers

Stephen A Douglas
Andrew Reeder
John Brown

Miami County, Kansas
Shawnee Mission, Kansas
Lawrence, Kansas
Johnson County, Kansas
Douglas County, Kansas

Diary

Kansas Historical Society

Orville Chester Brown Coll. #301, Series A, Folder 1854, Item 1

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