"Free Territorial Kansas" refers to the period between 1854 and 1861 when the Kansas territory was established and before Kansas became a state. This era was marked by significant conflict over whether Kansas would enter the Union as a free state or a slave state, following the principle of popular sovereignty established by the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854. This led to violent confrontations known as "Bleeding Kansas," as pro-slavery and anti-slavery factions clashed over control of the territory. Kansas was admitted to the Union as a free state in 1861.
Free territorial Kansas refers to what time period in the state's history
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