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Led a small group of abolitionists in a massacre of a slavery settlement in Kansas?
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Potawatomie massacre was held where?
Brown and his men killed five pro-slavery men in Kansas in what became known as the Pottawatomie Massacre.
Who led the group of anti slavery supporters who were involved in the pottawatomie massacre in Kansas?
The group was led by abolitionist John Brown.
What are indirect causes of the civil war?
Underground Railroad Failure to compromise on slavery in Philadelphia during Constitutional Convention of 1787 Eli Whitney's cotton gin Wm. Lloyd Garrison and other abolitionists North's lack of slavery and value on labor Attacks on abolitionists and ensuing northern protests John Brown & Harpers Ferry Bleeding Kansas Dred Scott decision
Why Did Abolitionists get upset about the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska, opening new lands for settlement, and had the effect of repealing the Missouri Compromise of 1820 by allowing settlers in those territories to determine through Popular Sovereignty if they would allow slavery within each territory.
What abolitionist vowed to strike terror in the hearts of-pro slavery people?
The vicious murderer John Brown was a radical abolitionists from New England. He hated slavery as did most of the abolitionists. Most Americans did not favor slavery either, however, unlike Brown they would not become killers in order to end it. After the 1854 Kansas-Nebraska Act was passed, the issue of slavery in the new US Territories, Kansas and Nebraska in particular, allowed for the citizens to vote on the issue of slavery before applying for statehood. In Kansas there was armed conflict between pro and anti-slavery people. John Brown and his sons travelled to Kansas to make a case for anti-slavery. They decided to kill any settlers there in favor of slavery. This they did in a horrible way. Somehow Brown and his sons escaped prosecution for their crimes. Their terrorist actions resurfaced in Harper's Ferry in Virginia in 1859. There Brown and his sons took over a federal arms depot and tried to start a slave rebellion. The goal was to free slaves and strike fear into the hearts of pro-slavery people. The rebellion failed and Brown was hanged for treason in 1859.
Led a small group of abolitionists in a massacre of a slavery settlement in Kansas.?
(John Brown)
Who Led a small group of abolitionists in a massacre of a slavery settlement in Kansas?
John Brown
As a result of the massacre at the slavery settlement newspapers called the Kansas territory?
(Bleeding Kansas)
What state was there constant bloodshed between abolitionists and supporters of slavery?
Primarily Kansas, although Missouri was also involved. The term "Bloody Kansas" refers to a pre-civil war period in which Abolitionists and Slavery-supporters entered into a conflict. The slavers from Missouri would cross into Kansas to slaughter the Kansas Abolitionists, and vice-versa.
Potawatomie massacre was held where?
Brown and his men killed five pro-slavery men in Kansas in what became known as the Pottawatomie Massacre.
What cotroversy did kansas have over slavery issues?
Marais des Cygnes Massacre
What was the Pottawatomie massacre in Kansas in 1856?
Brown (John Brown) and his men killed five pro-slavery men in cold blood in Kansas in what became known as the Pottawatomie Massacre.
In the 1850s, the territory of Kansas became known as "Bleeding Kansas" after violence erupted between abolitionists and those who were pro-slavery. Why were people living in Kansas so divided on the issue of slavery?
Pro-slavery and anti-slavery forces fought for control of the territory because it had not yet been decided if Kansas would become a free or slave state.
Why did they call kansas bleeding during this time?
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.
What led newspapers to speak of bleeding Kansas'?
The Kansas - Nebraska Act was passed by both Houses in the Congress. This resulted in violence between pro slavery people and anti slavery abolitionists. Thus the term "Bleeding Kansas was used to describe the fighting there.
Rifles paid for by New England abolitionists and brought to Kansas by anti-slavery pioneers?
Sharps rifles or "Beecher's Bibles"
Who was the leader of the Pottawatomie Massacre in Kansas which left five pro-slavery men dead?
John Brown
