BORDER RUFFIANS,
\bˈɔːdə ɹˈʌfi͡ənz], \bˈɔːdə ɹˈʌfiənz], \b_ˈɔː_d_ə ɹ_ˈʌ_f_iə_n_z]\
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a name applied to the pro-slavery men of Missouri who, in 1855 and after, during the struggle in Kansas, were accustomed to cross over into that State to carry elections and harass the anti-slavery settlers. The name was sometimes used by these men themselves and not always regarded as a term of reproach.
By John Franklin Jameson
