We made arrangements for getting large contributions of money and arms with which the Northern emigrants were equipped, and which undoubtedly enabled them to maintain successfully their resistance and establish their free State.
Hoar recounts the efforts made to support Free State settlers in Kansas during the conflict with pro-slavery forces.
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