The were black
After the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act in 1854 allowing the future state to choose whether to be a slave or state, many proslavery settlers came into the Kansas territory. Many of these settlers rushed over the border with Missouri, already a slave state, to influence the decision in Kansas.
He killed a group of proslavery settlers near Pottawatomie Creek
The Missouri Compromise
John Brown came to the Kansas Territory to fight slavery. In May 1856 John Brown led a group that killed several proslavery settlers near Pottawatomie Creek. In August 1856, Brown and his followers engaged 400 pro-slavery U.S. soldiers in the "Battle of Osawatomie".
The were black
John Brown was a radical abolitionist. He and his sons traveled to Kansas to take part in the armed conflict there between pro and anti-slavery settlers.
John Brown
by the settlers
John Brown was an anti-slavery settler who led attacks on pro-slavery settlers to Kansas
Pro-slavery settlers fought against anti-slavery settlers.
American party
he killed proslavery settlers
Kansas had to governments because the antislavery settlers refused to accept the results of the vote and held a second election.
After the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act in 1854 allowing the future state to choose whether to be a slave or state, many proslavery settlers came into the Kansas territory. Many of these settlers rushed over the border with Missouri, already a slave state, to influence the decision in Kansas.
Prior to Kansas joining the Union, the Kansas Territory was a hotbed of violence and chaos between abolitionists and pro-slavery settlers. Kansas was known as Bleeding Kansas as these forces collided.
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