Bad Blood: The Border War That Triggered the Civil War

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2007
2h

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Bad Blood: The Border War That Triggered the Civil War (2007)

In the years leading up to the Civil War, a bloody conflict between slaveholders and abolitionists focused the nation's eyes on the state of Missouri and the territory of Kansas. Told throug... Read allIn the years leading up to the Civil War, a bloody conflict between slaveholders and abolitionists focused the nation's eyes on the state of Missouri and the territory of Kansas. Told through the actual words of slave owners, free-staters, and border ruffians, "Bad Blood" present... Read allIn the years leading up to the Civil War, a bloody conflict between slaveholders and abolitionists focused the nation's eyes on the state of Missouri and the territory of Kansas. Told through the actual words of slave owners, free-staters, and border ruffians, "Bad Blood" presents the complex morality, and life-and-death decisions faced by those who lived on the borde... Read all

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This is current events

Well, not exactly.

But if you think along the lines that names are changed to protect the innocent, then you start to get the idea.

A previous reviewer points out we may be missing some of the more seated motivations of the key players. And some of the innocent aren't quite as pure as they are set forth.

Still, looking at the divisive history in our United States as it led to the Civil War, this documentary depicts the coming attraction to the main event. If only we were able to stop the action while the trailer was running.

Once again state's rights to justify an outcome they want to ensure Once again focus is on a specific objective Once again it is us vs. Them passionate

As for our national tradition of a peaceful transition of power from one elected administration to the next, watch this documentary.

Bleeding Kansas is a history lesson that you won't fall asleep in.