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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Kansas, (search)
their domestic institutions in their own way, subject only to the Constitution of the United States; Provided, that nothing herein contained shall be construed to revive or put in force any law or regulation which may have existed prior to the act of the 6th of March, 1820, either protecting, establishing, prohibiting, or abolishing slavery. After long and bitter discussions in both Houses of Congress, the bill was passed, and became a law by receiving the signature of the President, May 31, 1854. From that day the question of slavery was a subject of discussion and sectional irritation, until it was abolished in 1863. Civil War in Kansas. The Kansas-Nebraska act left all the Territories of the United States open to the Kansas Avenue, Topeka, showing post-office. establishment in them of the social institutions of every State in the Union, that of slavery among others. It was a virtual repeal of the Missouri compromise (q. v.). The question immediately arose, Shall the d
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Trials. (search)
plea that the murder was committed while he was sleep-walking.] Dr. John W. Webster, for the murder of Dr. George W. Parkman in the Medical College, Boston, Nov. 23, 1849. Webster partly burns his victim. The remains identified by a set of false teeth. Webster convicted and hanged; trial......March 19-30, 1850 Catherine N. Forrest v. Edwin Forrest; divorce and alimony granted to Mrs. Forrest......Dec. 16, 1851–Jan. 26, 1852 Anthony Burns, fugitive-slave case, Boston......May 27-31, 1854 Dr. Stephen T. Beale, ether case......1855 United States v. Henry Hertz et al., for hiring and retaining persons to go out of the United States to enlist in the British foreign legion for the Crimea: tried in the district court of the United States for eastern district of Pennsylvania......1855 Slave case in Cincinnati, O. (see Harper's magazine, vol. XII., p. 691)......April, 1856 James P. Casey, for shooting James King, of William, editor of the San Francisco Bulletin, and
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), United States of America. (search)
Massachusetts Emigrant Aid Society organized by Eli Thayer, and incorporated (to aid emigration to Kansas)......April 20, 1854 Kansas–Nebraska bill taken up in the House......May 8, 1854 Bill passes the House as an original measure, by 112 to 99......May 24, 1854 It passes the Senate, 35 to 13, and approved......May 30, 1854 [The Missouri Compromise measures of 1820 repealed by section 14 of this act.] President Pierce issues a proclamation against the invasion of Cuba......May 31, 1854 Anthony Burns, arrested as a slave at Boston, Mass., is taken by the revenue cutter Morris, by order of President Pierce, conveyed to Norfolk, Va., and delivered to his alleged master, a Mr. Suttle......June 2, 1854 Treaty with Great Britain, reciprocity; the fishery difficulty settled......June 5, 1854 George N. Hollins, commander of the ship Cyane, bombards and destroys the small town of Greytown on the Mosquito coast, Central America......June 13, 1854 [This was an attempt