By 1856, the slavery of question in the United States had reached a tipping point. In "Bloody Kansas," pro- and anti-slavery factions turned to violence to settle the matter. Meanwhile, far away in Western Virginia's Harrison County, locals took on Horace Greeley's New-York Tribune.
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