Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-194) and index.
Contents
"The two were soon pronounced one" : religious, economic, and sexual exchange in Indian Kansas -- Runaways, "Negro stealers," and "Border ruffians" : antislavery and proslavery ideologies in action -- "All women are called bad" : what makes a woman in bleeding Kansas? -- "Free sons" and "Myrmidons" : what makes a man in bleeding Kansas? -- "Don't you see Old Buck coming?" : miscegenation, whiteness, and the crisis of racial identity.
Summary
The author 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.
