At Pottawatomie Creek in 1856, John Brown and his anti-slavery forces killed five prop-slavery settlers in Kansas. This was in retaliation for the attack on Lawrence, Kansas, where the town was sacked and burned.
he killed proslavery settlers
He killed a group of proslavery settlers near Pottawatomie Creek
Kansas
The Shawnee tribe killed the most white settlers.
He killed a group of proslavery sttlers near Pottawatomie Creek
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.
he killed proslavery settlers
He killed a group of proslavery settlers near Pottawatomie Creek
john brown executed five proslavery settlers 20 miles south of lawrence
He killed a group of proslavery settlers near Pottawatomie Creek
he killed a group of proslavery settlers near pottawatomie creek
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.
Kansas
This happened because proslavery Missourians crossed over into Kansas to vote illegally
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 Shawnee tribe killed the most white settlers.