BLEEDING KANSAS "Things are not right here but, then again, when have they have been?. Manifest destiny. It's our land, thanks to slavery. The battle's in Kansas, out west where the river's long. People dying in Kansas. Shot in the head for thinking slavery's done. They're bleeding in Kansas. No border, no self-control. They're killing in Kansas. Confusion reigns in many a lost soul. Take me over to Kansas. No comprise when the blood is on the wall. United states of America. No north, no south, just one land for us all. They're bleeding in Kansas."
Immediately prior to the first American Civil War, the battle was, indeed, in Kansas. Pro-slavery guerillas clashed with those who wanted simply to live in state devoid of slaves – not because they were opposed to slavery, necessarily, but because they most often did not wish to live among blacks. Despite this, many abolitionists flocked to the Kansas territory in an effort to fight for the creation of a new state without slavery.
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from "THE FORMATIVE YEARS (2010-2014)" DDL,
released December 18, 2016
digital EP originally, all instruments played by Dustin Herron; lyrics by Dustin Herron; recorded by Steve Hunter
supported by 5 fans who also own “"bleeding kansas" (2012)”
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