Pamphlet, Defence of KansasThis pamphlet, written by an impassioned Henry Ward Beecher, spoke vehemently against permitting slavery in Kansas Territory. Beecher excerpted the "Act to punish offenses against slave property", written by the first session of the Territorial Legislature, to the free state supporter the "Bogus Legislature", citing the Act as among " the laws of armed scoundrels".1856Webb, Thomas H. (Hopkins)1801-1866CreatorcreThis item was part of Territorial Kansas Online (TKO# 102291). TKO topic guide: National Debate About Kansas>Issues and Ideas>Anti-slavery perspectivestill imageku-kansascollection:2567https://digital.lib.ku.edu/ku-kansascollection/2567u004210||u004211||u004212||u004213||u004214||u004215||u004216||u004217electronicimage/tiffreformatted digitalUniversity of KansasUniversity of Kansas. Kenneth Spencer Research LibraryRH D43563754169This work is free of known copyright restrictions.ku-kansascollection_2567_MODSMODS record generated from local records created for online exhibit. Processed, with additional values/elements added by Digital Initiatives, KU Libraries.eng2021-10