Where the American Civil War REALLY Began

Mr. Beat tells the story of Bleeding Kansas, the civil war before the Civil War. He also gives a student from the University of Missouri (Quentin Corpuel) a tour of Bleeding Kansas sites.

Check out Quentin's Border War articles here:

Uh ok, so this is, like, the description of the video so keep reading. Produced by Matt Beat. Filmed by Shannon Beat , Quentin Corpuel, and Matt Beat. Additional images used under fair use guidelines or found in the public domain. Music by Electric Needle Room (Mr. Beat's band), Bad Snacks, NEFFEX, Kevin MacLeod, Otis McDonald, and Dyalla.

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Here's an annotated script with footnotes

Sources/further reading:

Quantrill’s Revenge: A Comprehensive Tour Guide to William C. Quantrill’s Raid of Lawrence, Kansas by James C. Edwards and Dick Titterington

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Bleeding Kansas, Bleeding Missouri: The Long Civil War on the Border. University Press of Kansas, 2013 by Jonathan Earle and Diane Mutti Burke

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Bleeding Kansas - Contested Liberty in the Civil War Era. University Press of Kansas, 2004

Goodrich, Thomas by Nicole Etheson

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(1992). Bloody Dawn: The Story of the Lawrence Massacre. Kent, OH: Kent State University Press. pp. 4–6.

Pringle, Heather (April 2010). "DIGGING THE SCORCHED EARTH". Archaeology. 63 (2): 21.

Reece, Richard. Bleeding Kansas. ABDO Publishing, 2012.

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