To live in the Kansas Territory in 1854 and survive through the Civil War would take courage and stamina.
They may have had the purest of motives; however, there were some anti-slavery settlers th.
The anti-slavery, or Free-State side included the abolitionists.
As Andy May reveals in this remarkable, well researched history of that period, there were both noble and shameful motivations in the two factions.
The entire population that year was either pro-slavery or they were against slavery.
To live in the Kansas Territory in 1854 and survive through the Civil War would take courage and stamina