if there is no difference between hogs and negros. the kansas- nebraska act is passed and expands slavery. and the vote ignites a fire storm. violence divides nebraska and kansas and spilling over in western missouri and battle lines are drawn in jesse s hometown. and bush whackers face off against the abolitionist. these men on both sides of the divide fighting in a local level and using brutal tactics. on the james family farm she is busy shaping the next generation of bush whackers and she sos it as her duty to fight for the
captures the attention of the confederates. that only escalates his violent rebellion. in kansas city the name jesse james catches the eye of a former confederate major turned newspaper man. john edwards was a former confederate calvary man. he was sefrp thet he can becaym wanted to reimpose it to the railroad. for edwards it elevates jesse james to hero status making it a stronger tool to rally the disgruntled confederacy. edwards wanted to see the down troded confederates take the political future into their own hands and he thought the james gang would enexpire them. that s why he started writing
father dies in california. his mother was a fierce southern woman in a time when women have no rights or property. she refuses to give up and finds a husband in ruben samuel who allows her to take control of the farm and family. she leaned on slave labor to keep control. she not only be for the institution of slavery but commit crime in the name of the cause. the james family owns seven slaves and they are brought of it. and western missouri, the jam s family would rather sucede than change. but the slavery is being changed in the nation s capitol.
that are on the way home. they are unarmed and they have fallen to bloody bill anderson and his band. all union are dying like dogs. [gunshots]. bloody bill was not afraid to send the message and it could be pretty brutal. we are talking about cut out tongues and sca lps. and desecrating bodies. james was involved in a lot of behavior and doing what bloody bill did. the bush whackers killed four
on the north american plains, opportunity calls men of courage to chase the sun west into a new frontier. they would shape the nation and birth a new mythology. but with the passing of time, every myth has its reckoning. jesse james, born with a chip on his soldier and a gun in his hand, known to america as a legendary outlaw. but behind every legend lies the truth. many people think of jesse james as a robinhood-type