jayhawkers
Free State guerrillas
Jayhawkers were antislavery guerrilla fighters in Kansas and Missouri before and during the Civil War, conducting raids against pro-slavery settlers.
The term later became a general nickname for Kansans, particularly University of Kansas athletes.
A jayhawk—the mythical bird mascot—combines a blue jay and a hawk.
The Jayhawkers burned the farm to the ground.
Surprise strike from concealment
- raidersThose who plunder
- hit-and-runLeaving after causing collision
- irregularsUnofficial combatants or anomalies
- militiaNon-professional armed force
skirmish · partisans · bushwhackers · covert · sabotage · horseback · night raids · retaliation
Those who steal violently
- banditsArmed robbers, often roving
- lootersThose who steal during chaos
- pillagersThose who ransack
- maraudersRoving plunderers
outlaws · brigands · freebooters · desperadoes · thieves · robbers · ruffians · predators
Those opposing human bondage
- John BrownRadical antislavery insurrectionist
- antislaveryOpposing human bondage
- emancipationRelease from legal bondage
- secessionFormal withdrawal from union
Reconstruction · Confederacy · Underground Railroad · Missouri Compromise · Harper's Ferry · Dred Scott · popular sovereignty · slave states
Kansas university city
- TopekaKansas state capital
- WichitaKansas's largest city
- Free-StatersAntislavery Kansas settlers
- PrairiePlace name element
ambush
Surprise strike from concealment
- raidersThose who plunder
- hit-and-runLeaving after causing collision
- irregularsUnofficial combatants or anomalies
militia · skirmish · partisans · bushwhackers · covert · sabotage · horseback · night raids · retaliation · reprisals
plunderers
Those who steal violently
marauders · outlaws · brigands · freebooters · desperadoes · thieves · robbers · ruffians · predators · highwaymen
abolitionists
Those opposing human bondage
- John BrownRadical antislavery insurrectionist
- antislaveryOpposing human bondage
- emancipationRelease from legal bondage
secession · Reconstruction · Confederacy · Underground Railroad · Missouri Compromise · Harper's Ferry · Dred Scott · popular sovereignty · slave states · territorial
Lawrence
Kansas university city
- TopekaKansas state capital
- WichitaKansas's largest city
- Free-StatersAntislavery Kansas settlers