Atchison, Kansas Named after the proslavery U.S. Senator David Rice Atchison, Atchison, Kansas was founded to draw proslavery settlers to Kansas to oppose the Free-Staters. Read more about Atchison, Kansas
Squatter Sovereign Published in Atchison Sat, 02/03/1855The Squatter Sovereign, the most prominent of the proslavery newspapers in Kansas Territory, is first published in Atchison, Kansas. Read more about Squatter Sovereign Published in Atchison
