VOA慢速英语 American History Series: The Struggle Over Slavery in the Kansas Territory

　　American History Series: The Struggle Over Slavery in the Kansas Territory

　　美国历史系列：堪萨斯领土上的奴隶之争

　　Welcome to THE MAKING OF A NATION – American history in VOA Special English.

　　The most difficult national problem facing the administration of President Franklin Pierce was the situation in Kansas. The territory struggled with the issue of slavery.

　　Pro-slavery settlers elected a representative to Congress. Then they won a majority of seats in the territorial legislature. An investigation found that people from the neighboring state of Missouri had voted in the elections illegally. Yet the results were accepted.

　　The new Kansas lawmakers did not like the territorial governor. They demanded that President Pierce dismiss him. Pierce agreed.

　　This week on our series, Ray Freeman and Steve Ember continue the story of the presidency of Franklin Pierce. And they talk about the presidential election of eighteen fifty-six.

　　VOICE ONE:

　　Anti-slavery settlers in Kansas felt they could not get fair treatment from either the president or the new governor. So they took an extreme step. They formed their own government in opposition to the elected government of the territory.

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