Bleeding Borders : Race, Gender, and Violence in Pre-Civil War Kansas

by Oertel, Kristen Tegtmeier

• ISBN13: 9780807133903
• ISBN10: 0807133906
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-04-01
• Publisher: Louisiana State Univ Pr

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. ix
Introduction	p. 1
"The Two were Soon Pronounced One"
Religious, Economic, and Sexual Exchange in Indian Kansas	p. 9
Runaways, "Negro Stealers," and "Border Ruffians"
Antislavery and Proslavery Ideologies in Action	p. 33
"All Women are Called Bad"
What makes a Woman in Bleeding Kansas?	p. 58
"Free Sons" and "Myrmidons"
What makes a Man in Bleeding Kansas?	p. 58
"Don't you See Old Buck Coming?"
Miscegenation, Whiteness, and the Crisis of Racial Identity	p. 109
Conclusion	p. 135
Epilogue	p. 142
Notes	p. 147
Bibliography	p. 183
Index	p. 195
Illustrations follow page	p. 84
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Excerpts

In Bleeding Borders, Kristin Tegtmeier Oertel offers a fresh, multifaceted interpretation of the quintessential sectional conflict in pre-Civil War Kansas. Instead of focusing on the white, male politicians and settlers who vied for control of the Kansas territorial legislature, Oertel explores the crucial roles Native Americans, African Americans, and white women played in the literal and rhetorical battle between proslavery and antislavery settlers in the region. She brings attention to the local debates and the diverse peoples who participated in them during that contentious period. Bleeding Borders breaks new ground by revealing how the struggles of this highly-diverse region contributed to the national move toward disunion and how the ideologies that governed race and gender relations were challenged as North, South, and West converged on the border between slavery and freedom.