What happened in the town Lawrence, Kansas in May 1856
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.
Kansas earned the nickname bleeding Kansas because in may 1856 pro-slavery jurors charged antislavery leaders with treason. pro-slavery forces rode to Lawrence to arrest those charged. When they found the suspects had fled they burned the town
Kansas territory
1856
Runcorn Town Hall was created in 1856.
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Kansas
Kansas was thrown into a violent period known as Bleeding Kansas on May 21, 1856, at the hands of anti-slavery advocates from Missouri. It would end with the institution of the Lecompton Constitution.
Abbey Town railway station was created in 1856.
· Kingman, Kansas
Yes, in Kansas.