Under the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, all escaped ... of the Free State Capitol Inc. Douglas assumed Nebraska would follow the lead of Iowa, its free-state neighbor, and Kansas would enter as ...

So the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 decreed that the "popular sovereignty" of each territory should decide whether they would be slave or free states ... lawful in all the States, old as well ...

Keywords Civil War, slavery, free states, slave states, Missouri Compromise, Wilmot Proviso, Compromise of 1850, popular sovereignty, Kansas-Nebraska Act ... with co-star after more than 40 ...

Under the act, the Kansas and Nebraska territories would each vote on whether they wanted to join the Union as free or slave states ... American principle that “all men are created equal.” ...

On this day in 1854, the House approved, 113-100, the Kansas-Nebraska Act ... states. In creating the territories of Kansas and Nebraska, the legislation let settlers decide whether to permit ...

So the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 decreed that the "popular sovereignty" of each territory should decide whether they would be slave or free states ... lawful in all the States, old as well ...