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Border Ruffians
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Border Ruffians

In US history, group of around 5,000 pro-slavery Missourians who entered Kansas in 1855 and took over the legislature. They enacted harsh laws against opponents of slavery, such as the death penalty for those who assisted fugitives (see abolitionism). Violence between proslavery and antislavery settlers in Kansas continued for several years, a period known as Bleeding Kansas.
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