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Beecher's Bible
"Beecher's Bibles" was the name given to the breachloader, breech-loading Sharps rifle that were supplied to and used by the Abolitionism in the United States, anti-slavery settlers and combatants in Kansas, during the Bleeding Kansas period (1854–1860). Background For decades, there had been conflict between pro-slavery and anti-slavery activists in America, particularly when a territory was admitted into the Union as a new state. Would it be a free state, or a slave state? When in 1820 Missouri was admitted into the Union the controversy was settled with the Missouri Compromise, which said all future states south of Missouri could be admitted as slave states. During the 1854 formation of two new states, Kansas and Nebraska, Congress repealed the Missouri Compromise and initiated the Kansas–Nebraska Act, saying rather the citizens within each territory could decide by popular vote. Settlers streamed into Kansas to stack the vote, many pro-slavers coming from neighboring Mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beecher Bible And Rifle Church
Beecher Bible and Rifle Church is a historic church at the southeastern corner of Chapel and Elm Streets in Wabaunsee, Kansas. The church is named after Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, a financial backer for the town who helped smuggle rifles past pro-slavery forces in crates marked Bibles. History The town of Wabaunsee was founded in 1855 by a group of about 70 New England emigrants from New Haven, Connecticut who established the Connecticut Kansas Colony, alternatively called the New Haven Colony or the Beecher Rifle Colony. The settlers were inspired by a sermon given by well-known Abolitionism in the United States, abolitionist Henry Ward Beecher and Beecher gave money to help supply rifles for the men to defend themselves. The rifles were smuggled through pro-slavery areas in crates marked "Beecher's Bibles," and consequently the rifles themselves became known as Beecher's Bibles. Wabaunsee was staunchly anti-slavery and became part of the Underground Railroad in late 1856 and he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sharps 1852 Verschl Offen
Sharps may refer to: * Plural form of many of the terms as defined on Sharp (other) * Sharps waste, a form of biomedical waste composed of used ''sharps'' * Sharps, Virginia, unincorporated community in Richmond County * Sharps Bedrooms * Sharp's Brewery, Rock, Cornwall, UK (cask conditioned beer brewery) * Sharps rifle * Sharps Rifle Manufacturing Company, a firearms company Streams * Sharps Creek (Kansas), in McPherson County * Sharps Creek (Oregon), in Lane County * Sharps Run (New Jersey), a stream in New Jersey * Sharps Run (Cow Creek), a stream in West Virginia People with the surname Sharps * Christian Sharps (1810–1874), American firearms designer * Ian Sharps (born 1980), English footballer Other * Supporters for the Health And Rights of People in the Semiconductor Industry, SHARPS See also * Sharpe (other) Sharpe may refer to: * Sharpe (surname), people with the surname Sharpe * Sharpe, Kansas, a community in the United States * Sharpe, Kentucky, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guns Of The American West
A gun is a device that propels a projectile using pressure or explosive force. The projectiles are typically solid, but can also be pressurized liquid (e.g. in water guns or cannons), or gas (e.g. light-gas gun). Solid projectiles may be free-flying (as with bullets and artillery shells) or tethered (as with Tasers, spearguns and harpoon guns). A large-caliber gun is also called a ''cannon''. Guns were designed as weapons for military use, and then found use in hunting. Now, there are guns, e.g., toy guns, water guns, paintball guns, etc., for many purposes. The means of projectile propulsion vary according to designs, but are traditionally effected pneumatically by a high gas pressure contained within a barrel tube (gun barrel), produced either through the rapid exothermic combustion of propellants (as with firearms), or by mechanical compression (as with air guns). The high-pressure gas is introduced behind the projectile, pushing and accelerating it down the length of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rifles
A rifle is a long-barreled firearm designed for accurate shooting and higher stopping power, with a barrel that has a helical or spiralling pattern of grooves ( rifling) cut into the bore wall. In keeping with their focus on accuracy, rifles are typically designed to be held with both hands and braced firmly against the shooter's shoulder via a buttstock for stability during shooting. Rifles are used in warfare, law enforcement, hunting and target shooting sports. The invention of rifling separated such firearms from the earlier smoothbore weapons (e.g., arquebuses, muskets, and other long guns), greatly elevating their accuracy and general effectiveness. The raised areas of a barrel's rifling are called ''lands''; they make contact with and exert torque on the projectile as it moves down the bore, imparting a spin. When the projectile leaves the barrel, this spin persists and lends gyroscopic stability to the projectile due to conservation of angular momentum, i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kansas History
The Kansas Historical Society is the official state historical society of Kansas. Headquartered in Topeka, it operates as "the trustee of the state" for the purpose of maintaining the state's history and operates the Kansas Museum of History, Kansas State Archives and Library, Kansas State Capitol Tour Center, and 16 state-owned sites. It also serves as the State Historic Preservation Office, and works closely with the Kansas State Department of Education to provide standards-based programs for history and social studies curriculum in the schools.KSHS Overview Accessed 13 October 2013 History The Kansas Editors' and Publishers' Association founded the Kansas Historical Society in 1875 to save present and . In 1879, the |
Breech Loading
Breech may refer to: * Breech (firearms), the opening at the rear of a gun barrel where the cartridge is inserted in a breech-loading weapon * breech, the lower part of a pulley block * breech, the penetration of a boiler where exhaust gases leave it * breech birth, when the baby is born feet or bottom first * breeches, an item of clothing covering the body from the waist down * buttocks, or breech, the lower part of the human abdomen People with the surname * Ernest R. Breech (1897–1978), American businessman, chairman of Ford Motor Company * Jim Breech (born 1956), American football player See also * * Breach (other) * Breeching (other) {{disambiguation, surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abolitionist
Abolitionism, or the abolitionist movement, is the political movement to end slavery and liberate enslaved individuals around the world. The first country to fully outlaw slavery was Kingdom of France, France in 1315, but it was later used in its French colonial empire, colonies. The first country to abolish and punish slavery for indigenous people was Spanish Empire, Spain with the New Laws in 1542. Under the actions of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, chattel slavery has been abolished across Japan since 1590, though other forms of forced labour were used during World War II. The first and only country to self-liberate from slavery was a former French colony, Haiti, as a result of the Haitian Revolution, Revolution of 1791–1804. The Slavery in Britain, British abolitionist movement began in the late 18th century, and the 1772 Somerset v Stewart, Somersett case established that slavery did not exist in English law. In 1807, the slave trade was made illegal throughout the British Empir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New England Emigrant Aid Society
The New England Emigrant Aid Company (originally the Massachusetts Emigrant Aid Company) was a transportation company founded in Boston, Massachusetts by activist Eli Thayer in the wake of the Kansas–Nebraska Act, which allowed the population of Kansas Territory to choose whether slavery would be legal. The company's ultimate purpose was to transport anti-slavery immigrants into the Kansas Territory. The company believed that if enough anti-slavery immigrants settled ''en masse'' in the newly-opened territory, they would be able to shift the balance of political power in the territory, which in turn would lead to Kansas becoming a free state (rather than a slave state) when it eventually joined the United States. The company is noted less for its direct impact than for the psychological impact it had on proslavery and abolitionist groups. Thayer's prediction that the company would eventually be able to send 20,000 immigrants a year never came to fruition, but it spurred border ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New England
New England is a region consisting of six states in the Northeastern United States: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont. It is bordered by the state of New York (state), New York to the west and by the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick to the northeast and Quebec to the north. The Gulf of Maine and Atlantic Ocean are to the east and southeast, and Long Island Sound is to the southwest. Boston is New England's largest city and the capital of Massachusetts. Greater Boston, comprising the Boston–Worcester–Providence Combined Statistical Area, houses more than half of New England's population; this area includes Worcester, Massachusetts, the second-largest city in New England; Manchester, New Hampshire, the largest city in New Hampshire; and Providence, Rhode Island, the capital of and largest city in Rhode Island. In 1620, the Pilgrims (Plymouth Colony), Pilgrims established Plymouth Colony, the second successful settlement in Briti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carbine
A carbine ( or ) is a long gun that has a barrel shortened from its original length. Most modern carbines are rifles that are compact versions of a longer rifle or are rifles chambered for less powerful cartridges. The smaller size and lighter weight of carbines make them easier to handle. They are typically issued to high-mobility troops such as special operations soldiers and paratroopers, as well as to mounted, artillery, logistics, or other non-infantry personnel whose roles do not require full-sized rifles, although there is a growing tendency for carbines to be issued to front-line soldiers to offset the increasing weight of other issued equipment. An example of this is the M4 carbine, the standard issue carbine of the United States Armed Forces. Etymology The name comes from its first users — cavalry troopers called " carabiniers", from the French ''carabine'', from Old French ''carabin'' (soldier armed with a musket), whose origin is unclear. One theory connects ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sharps 1852 Verschluss
Sharps may refer to: * Plural form of many of the terms as defined on Sharp (other) * Sharps waste, a form of biomedical waste composed of used ''sharps'' * Sharps, Virginia, unincorporated community in Richmond County * Sharps Bedrooms * Sharp's Brewery, Rock, Cornwall, UK (cask conditioned beer brewery) * Sharps rifle * Sharps Rifle Manufacturing Company, a firearms company Streams * Sharps Creek (Kansas), in McPherson County * Sharps Creek (Oregon), in Lane County * Sharps Run (New Jersey), a stream in New Jersey * Sharps Run (Cow Creek), a stream in West Virginia People with the surname Sharps * Christian Sharps (1810–1874), American firearms designer * Ian Sharps (born 1980), English footballer Other * Supporters for the Health And Rights of People in the Semiconductor Industry, SHARPS See also * Sharpe (other) Sharpe may refer to: * Sharpe (surname), people with the surname Sharpe * Sharpe, Kansas, a community in the United States * Sharpe, Kentucky, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Border Ruffian
Border ruffians were Proslavery thought, proslavery raiders who crossed into the Kansas Territory from Missouri during the mid-19th century to help ensure the territory entered the United States as a Slave states and free states, slave state. Their activities formed a major part of a series of violent civil confrontations known as "Bleeding Kansas", which peaked from 1854 to 1858. Crimes committed by border ruffians included electoral fraud, intimidation, assault, property damage and murder; many border ruffians took pride in their reputation as criminals. After the outbreak of the American Civil War in 1861, many border ruffians fought on the side of the Confederate States of America as irregular bushwhackers. Origin to the Kansas shore, by Gilbert Gaul (artist), Gilbert Gaul The 1913 edition of Webster's Dictionary reflects the 19th century understanding of the word as a "scoundrel, rascal, or unprincipled, deceitful, brutal and unreliable person". Among the first to u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
