1856
John Brown
John Brown led the attack on Pottawatomie Creek to retaliate against pro-slavery forces in Kansas in 1856. The attack, known as the Pottawatomie massacre, resulted in the killing of five pro-slavery settlers.
Pottawatomie Creek, Kansas
No Brown killed 5 pro slavery people in the pottawatomie massacre.
There was no one who ordered John Brown to attack the men at Pottowamic Creek. the Pottowamic Massacre was band together abolitionist settlers to kill five settlers north of Pottawatomie Creek.
John Brown
John Brown
John Brown
Pottawatomie Creek, Kansas
John Brown was an American abolitionist who believed in using violent means to end slavery. At Pottawatomie Creek in May 1856, Brown and his followers killed five pro-slavery settlers in what became known as the Pottawatomie Massacre. This event further escalated the tensions between pro-slavery and anti-slavery factions in Kansas during the Bleeding Kansas period.
Pottawatomie Massacre.
Brown (John Brown) and his men killed five pro-slavery men in cold blood in Kansas in what became known as the Pottawatomie Massacre.