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smarty_pants 6 months ago
I think it's strange that Lecompton celebrates Territorial Days, glorifying the town's pro-slavery history. I remember having an African-American student (KU football player) who was encouraged to participate in the Territorial Days parade by his assistant coach (who was history-challenged, I assume). I told my student the history of Lecompton, and he told his coach that he'd rather not attend the "Klan rally" in Lecompton! He got punished...what an irony!
bevy 6 months ago
For your information, Territorial Days celebrates Lecompton's heritage as a Territorial Capital of Kansas, not our "pro-slavery history." I personally wish our historical society would focus on other aspects of that history, not just the pre-civil war stuff.
bevy 6 months ago
You might also want to consider this information, from Wikipedia, before casting Lecompton folks as racist. Particularly the second sentence.
The territorial legislature, consisting mostly of slave-owners, met at the designated capital of Lecompton in September 1857 to produce a rival document.[1] Free-state supporters, who comprised a large majority of actual settlers, boycotted the vote.
hipper_than_hip 6 months ago
If you go to Lecompton, and go to the Territorial Capital Museum, you'll see that they celebrate Lecompton as the place "where slavery began to die." It's a great town with a whole lot of history--history that changed the course of this nation.
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