The Kansas Civil War continues: The pro-slavery legislature of the (federal enclave of) Kansas meeting in Lecompton issues a call for the election of a constitutional convention that will draft a State Constitution permitting slavery.

       [restored 2/25/2022]

Subsequent Events:

10/15/1857                   12/21/1857

Authority:

Article IV, Section 3 [Clause 1]
ccc-2point0.com/constitution-for-the-united-states

References:

Calvin D. Linton, ed. The Bicentennial Almanac: 200 Years of America, 1776-1976, (Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson, 1975), 150.

Current U.s. National Debt:

$36,167,124,467,492

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