John Brown was the abolitionist who made the raid on Harper's Ferry as part of an attempt to force an end to slavery. Brown and his allies were caught by Col. Robert E. Lee and were hanged.
he killed proslavery settlers
This happened because proslavery Missourians crossed over into Kansas to vote illegally
Kansas
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
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.
john brown executed five proslavery settlers 20 miles south of lawrence
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 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.
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