KANSAS AID SOCIETY
\kˈanzəs ˈe͡ɪd səsˈa͡ɪ͡əti], \kˈanzəs ˈeɪd səsˈaɪəti], \k_ˈa_n_z_ə_s ˈeɪ_d s_ə_s_ˈaɪə_t_i]\
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a Congressional association formed in 1854 for the purpose of aiding free immigration into Kansas to prevent the establishment of slavery, which had been made possible by the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act then recently adopted. Slavery advocates from Missouri were at that time active in endeavoring to bring about the establishment of slavery.
By John Franklin Jameson
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Snake's-head
- Guinea-hen flower; -- so called in England because its spotted petals resemble the scales of a snake's head.
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