In May 1856 a proslavery grand jury in Kansas charged antislavery leaders of treason, about eight hundred men rode to Lawrence,Kansas to arrest the antislavery leaders but they had fled. The proslavery men were so furious by the fleeing of the antislavery leaders that they looted and set fire to buildings, destroyed presses that were used to print antislavery newspapers, and even killed one man.
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It's military parlance for "sleeping time". When soldiers are out fighting in a war, they often sleep in sleeping bags. "Sack" is another name for a "bag"- in fact, when I was in the US Army, we often called sleeping bags "fart sacks".
because they haven't been paid
Dorothy Lawrence cross dressed as a man so she could become a soldier in the first world war. Lawrence was an English reporter who wanted to write about a first hand account of a soldier.
back, flack, Hack, Jack, knack, Mack, pack, quack, rack, sack, tack, whack, and yak, among others.
She was put in jail for being accused spy.