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He is chiefly remembered for his connection with the "Kansas Crusade," the purpose of which was to secure the admission of Kansas to the Union as a free State. With this aim in view, early in 1854 THayer organized the Massachusetts Emigrant Aid Company to send anti-slavery settlers to the Kansas Territory . In 1855 , this organization joined with the New York Emigrant Aid Company and the name was changed to the New England Emigrant Aid Company . Local leagues were established whose members emigrated to Kansas and established towns. The Company provided hotels for temporary accommodation and provided sawmills and other improvements. Settlements were established at Lawrence , Topeka , Manhattan , and Osawatomie . The clash of these settlers and other Northerners with pro-slavery settlers spawned the violence of Bleeding Kansas . BIBLIOGRAPHY ''History of the Kansas Crusade: Its Friends and its Foes'' ( 1889 ) EXTERNAL LINKS |
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