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Why did border ruffians from Missouri go to Kansas?

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Border Ruffians left Missouri to go to Kansas to force the acceptance of Slavery.
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Border Ruffian. In Kansas, Border Ruffians was the name applied to pro-slavery activists from the slave state of Missouri, who in 1854 to 1860 crossed the state border into Kansas Territory to force the acceptance of slavery there.
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