 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Slough akaberekerwa muCincinnati, Ohio, mwanakomana womuvaki wengarava. Akadzidza paYunivhesiti yeCincinnati chikoro chemutemo, akaita mutemo muCincinnati asati asarudzwa kuOhio General Assembly. Achibatira imomo, akarova mumwe wake aivawo muparamende uye akadzingwa nokuda kwechiito chisina kukodzera munhu ane unhu hwakanaka. Vagari vake vakamusarudzazve kuti azadze chigaro chake chakanga chisina munhu. Muna 1857, akatamira kuLeavenworth, Kansas, akavhura hofisi yemutemo, uye akapinda mukurwisa kuiswa kwehuranda munharaunda, munguva yeBleeding Kansas. Akashanda mukokorodzano yeBumbiro reWyandotte - achiita Kansas nyika yakasununguka - uye, zvakare, akagadzirisa kusawirirana kwepamutemo nemaoko ake. Akatamira kuDenver, Colorado, muna 1860 uye akaramba achidzidzira mutemo, achiva mumwe wemagweta akakurumbira muguta. Nekugadzwa kweColorado Territory nyowani mukutanga kwa1861, akabatsira kuronga matare edzimhosva, kugadzwa kwebhawa, uye kuongororwa kwevamwe vezera. 