But Kansas was next to the slave state of Missouri. In an era that would come to be known as "Bleeding Kansas," the territory would become a battleground over the slavery question. The reaction ...

A new exhibit, Kansas: Battleground for Freedom, opens April 18 at the Smoky Hill Museum. This intriguing exhibit explores ...

Senate Representative Preston Brooks caning Senator Charles Sumner for his speech on "The Crime Against Kansas" is an event ...

For more on this fascinating period of Kansas History, visit the Museum’s center gallery for the newest exhibit, Kansas: Battleground for Freedom. This exhibit will be open to the public April 18 to ...

“So Bleeding Kansas was a time of violence and clashing of political opinions and so the black wall [is] really a good backdrop to illustrate how some of that drama played out,” Bell sai ...