| Abstract | Article about the neutral stance toward the slavery issue during the hostile climate of the border warfare period of the mid-1850s in Kansas City. Descriptions of tactics applied by town leaders such as Robert T. Van Horn, Kersey Coates, Mayor Milton J. Payne, Johnston Lykins, Hiram Northrup, J. S. Chick, and E. M. McGee, to allow for growth of the city while avoiding political clashes. |
