Several times southerners and border ruffians attempted to shoot persons inside or set the fort on fire.

Notably, only a few of the Border Ruffians actually owned slaves; most were too poor.

The majority report of the committee found the elections to be improperly influenced by Border Ruffians.

Unfortunately, the family patriarch was murdered by Border Ruffians who wanted to silence him.

Only one man, a Border Ruffian, was killed.

It was to protect the settlers there from attacks by Border Ruffians and Indians.

The Border Ruffians were widely applauded in the South, even though their actions had cost the lives of numerous people.

Thraxton waited for Dan of Rabbit Hill to come to his defense against the border ruffian, too.

Pro-slavery Border Ruffians, mostly from Missouri, illegally voted in a government.

The Border Ruffians also engaged in general violence against Free-State settlements.