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Rev. Thomas Johnson was a slaveholder and led the “Bogus Legislature” that sought to install Kansas as a slave state before the Civil War. But rather than renaming Johnson County, the Charter Commission may decide to change its namesake.
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Parents criticized the school's response after a group of students allegedly circulated a petition to bring back slavery. The school won't give more specifics about the incident or any disciplinary actions taken.
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At the liberal arts college in Liberty, Missouri, a group of researchers called the Slavery, Memory and Justice Project has caused a reckoning with the college's past.
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The state's bucolic setting became the front line in America's westward expansion and in the fight over slavery.
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Jackson County legislator notes that the carefully-crafted language "speaks to where we were and where we are."
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What is in store for landlords and tenants come August 1, a 13.5-mile path following the old rail line is now complete, and a new plaque is attached to Jackson County's Andrew Jackson statue.
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June 19 is a commemoration of the end of chattel slavery in the United States, marking the day enslaved people in Texas were finally freed — more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation.
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As the country battled over the issue of slavery, what happened within these halls pushed America closer to civil war.
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Two of the oldest buildings in Kansas reflect the struggle between pro-slavery and free-state factions, and the play-by-play legend describes how he prepares for each game.
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The namesake of Sumner Academy in Kansas City, Kansas, was almost killed on the U.S. Senate floor for his "Crime Against Kansas" speech in 1856. Now, a photo from the insurrection this month has people remembering U.S. Sen. Charles Sumner's story.
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Missouri Congressman Emanuel Cleaver gives Kansas Citians a preview of what to expect from the Biden administration and a historian explains how the Capitol insurrection this month is reviving the story of abolitionist Charles Sumner.
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The equestrian statues of President Andrew Jackson on tall pedestals in downtown Kansas City and Independence are staying right where they are. Jackson County voters defeated a ballot issue to remove the monuments to a white supremacist.