When did Stuart participate in the violence of Bleeding Kansas?
Before the Civil War
During the Civil War
After the Civil War
Never
Answer
Stuart participated in the violence of Bleeding Kansas before the Civil War. The conflict began in 1854 when the Kansas-Nebraska Act was passed, which allowed settlers in the two territories to decide whether or not to allow slavery. Pro-slavery and anti-slavery settlers flooded into the territories, and violence soon erupted. Stuart was a pro-slavery advocate, and he participated in the attacks on anti-slavery settlers.
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