 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Hughes naWoodson vanonzi vakabatanidzwa mukusarongeka kwesarudzo muKansas Territory pakutanga kwekurwisana kwevanhu kunonzi Bleeding Kansas. Muna May 1854, Mutemo weKansas-Nebraska wakanga waronga Nzvimbo dzeKansas neNebraska munyika dziri kumadokero kweRwizi rweMississippi. Vatsigiri veCongress vomutemo wacho vakanga vafungidzira kuti Kansas yaizobvumira uranda nepo Nebraska yaizorambidza uye nokudaro inochengetedza kuenzana pakati pevaranda nehurumende dzakasununguka. Pakarepo, vapoteri vaitsigira mativi ose ari maviri emubvunzo wouranda vakasvika muKansas Territory kuti vagadzire nzvimbo yokugara uye kuwana kodzero yokuvhota. Muna Mbudzi 1854, zviuru zvevarume vaiva nezvombo vaitsigira uranda vaizivikanwa se Border Ruffians, zvikurukuru vaibva kuMissouri, vakapinda muKansas Territory ndokupesvedzera kuvhota musarudzo yemumiriri asina mvumo yokuvhota kuCongress achitsigira muranda weDemocratic John Wilkins Whitfield. 