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. In August 1856, Brown and his followers engaged 400 pro-slavery U.S. soldiers in the "Battle of Osawatomie".
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".
John Brown was against slavery in the United States. He advocated armed insurrection to overthrow slavery in the U.S. He led small groups of volunteers during the Bleeding Kansas crisis of 1856.
he killed a group of proslavery settlers near pottawatomie creek
John Brown and his sons.
Prior to Kansas joining the Union, the Kansas Territory was a hotbed of violence and chaos between anti-slavery and pro-slavery settlers. Kansas was known as Bleeding Kansas as these forces collided over the issue of slavery in the United States. The term "Bleeding Kansas" was coined by Republican Horace Greeley, editor of the New York Tribune.
Brown's role in the violence in Kansas helped him raise money for his raid on Harpers Ferry in Virginia in 1859. The raid failed, and Brown was executed, becoming a martyr to the abolitionist cause.
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".
John Brown
Prior to Kansas joining the Union, the Kansas Territory was a hotbed of violence and chaos between anti-slavery and pro-slavery settlers. Kansas was known as Bleeding Kansas as these forces collided over the issue of slavery in the United States. The term "Bleeding Kansas" was coined by Republican Horace Greeley, editor of the New York Tribune.
John Brown and his sons entered Lawrence, Kansas and killed people thinking they could stop the vote for slavery. They literally chopped people with hatchets and the newspapers had headlines of "Bleeding Kansas."
Since we don't have the item from the article you read a general answer is the only thing that can be given. Bleeding Kansas comes from a newspaper headline about the John Brown attack in Lawrence Kansas.
Because of the violence that erupted because of slavery: see John Brown's raid, nat turner's rebellion, and bleeding kansas Because of the violence that erupted over slavery: see John Brown's raid, Nat Turner's rebellion, and bleeding Kansas. Plus Preston Brookes hit Charles Sumner with a cane in congress for insulting slave owners. Then southerners sent Preston Brookes new canes to replace the one he ruined beating sumner.
John Brown was against slavery in the United States. He advocated armed insurrection to overthrow slavery in the U.S. He led small groups of volunteers during the Bleeding Kansas crisis of 1856.
"Bleeding Kansas"