The north got word of the vote and being strong abolitionist were prepared to fight for the cause of freedom. ElI Thayer sent and organized over 1,200 people from New England to move into Kansas for their beliefs.

Beecher's Bible

Northerners respond

Abolitionist minister Henry Ward Beecher decided he'd arm the northerners wih Sharp's rifles. They were shipped from the north in crates marked bibles. Therefore the shipments became known as Beecher's bibles. Even though everyone knew the truth about its inventory.