He would ask Congress to accept the pro-slavery Kansas constitution and make the territory a slave state.

VOA: special.2009.05.21

New trouble threatened to break out in the territory of Kansas between pro-slavery and anti-slavery settlers.

VOA: special.2009.05.21

Many believed him insane. He had gone to Kansas and fought bitterly against pro-slavery forces.

VOA: special.2009.06.18

And pro-slavery extremists held power in only a few states of the deep South.

VOA: special.2009.06.18

The pro-slavery governor and the Free State governor agreed to hold an emergency meeting.

VOA: special.2009.05.07

Union soldiers fought pro-southern rioters in the streets of Baltimore and Saint Louis.

VOA: special.2009.08.27

They voted illegally, and the pro-slavery candidate won.

VOA: special.2009.04.30

The pro-slavery mob attacked and burned several buildings.

VOA: special.2009.05.07

It was a few months before East Timor's referendum for independence, and Indonesian forces were intent on intimidating potential pro-independence voters.

VOA: standard.2009.09.07

The Red Shirts,however, say the current government is illegitimate, after the military ousted Mr.Thaksin and court rulings removed two elected pro-Thaksin governments.

VOA: standard.2010.05.25

Among the participants was Sevastopol city councilman Yevgeniy Dubovik, a member of the pro-Russian and far left Progressive Socialist Party of Ukraine.

VOA: standard.2010.03.17

The Israelis said they acted in self-defense when they were attacked by pro-Palestinian activists wielding clubs and knives.

VOA: standard.2010.07.12

Karen communities also reported a build up of both military and pro-government militia forces near the Thai border town of Mae Sot.

VOA: standard.2010.07.27

"I know that in his staff are a lot of very good specialists, But his politics and pro-Russian orientation, I do not like that."

VOA: standard.2010.02.14

Now Martinez is expanding a pro bono program, where Ben Reiss and about two dozen other private attorneys are working misdemeanor and felony cases.

VOA: standard.2009.05.22

On Thursday, government and pro-government forces suffered similar losses in Somalia's southwestern Gedo region.

VOA: standard.2009.08.21

But,the project has stalled. On Tuesday Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan launched a strong attack against the country's main pro Kurdish party, the Peace and Democracy Party.

VOA: standard.2010.06.17

The resolution expresses the General Assembly's "grave concern" over the recent trial, conviction and sentencing of pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi and her return to house arrest.

VOA: standard.2009.11.20