Since there was no law or order in the Kansas territories, during Bleeding Kansas John Brown and others literally got away with murder at Pottawatomie Creek. That being why John Brown thought he would get away with his raid, John Brown's Raid at Harper's Ferry, Virginia but did not get away as easy that time. He and others were hung for treason.
He killed a group of proslavery settlers near Pottawatomie Creek
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.
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.
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.
Pottawatomie Creek, Kansas
he killed proslavery settlers
he killed a group of proslavery settlers near pottawatomie creek
The rivalry between proslavery and antislavery settlers
This happened because proslavery Missourians crossed over into Kansas to vote illegally
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".