The Wyandotte Constitution was passed three years after the sack of Lawrence, which prompted a massacre in Pottawatomie.
In one action during this conflict, Charles Hamilton captured eleven men and shot five of them in a ditch near the town of Marais des Cygnes. One player in this conflict rescued two of his sons at the Battle of Black Jack and built a series of barricades after the shooting of Charles Dow led to the Wakarusa War and the death of Thomas Barber. Governor John Geary attempted to end this conflict, which earlier saw the construction of Camp Sacket to hold antagonists like former governor Charles Robinson prisoner. The Wyandotte Constitution was passed three years after the sack of Lawrence, which prompted a massacre in Pottawatomie. Disagreement over the Lecompton Constitution sparked this conflict, which was engaged by Border Ruffians from Missouri and the followers of John Brown. For 10 points, name this extended period of antebellum violence in a Midwestern state.
In one action during this conflict, Charles Hamilton captured eleven men and shot five of them in a ditch near the town of Marais des Cygnes.
{Bleeding Kansas}