Lecompton Constitution, (1857), instrument framed in Lecompton, Kan., by Southern pro-slavery advocates of Kansas statehood. It contained clauses protecting slaveholding and a bill of rights excluding free blacks, and it added to the frictions leading up to the U.S. Civil War.

What was so important about the Lecompton Constitution quizlet?

What was so important about the Lecompton Constitution? Pro-slavery Kansans had determined to write a state constitution that would guarantee slavery within the state. When the free-staters found out about their plan, they boycotted the constitutional convention and the Lecompton Constitution was created.

Why was the Lecompton Constitution so controversial?

Kansas's Lecompton Constitution became so controversial because it: allowed slavery, even though a majority of residents opposed it. ... It strengthened the chance for compromise over slavery in 1850.