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The group was led by abolitionist John Brown.

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Q: Who led the group of anti slavery supporters who were involved in the pottawatomie massacre in Kansas?
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Where slaves killed in the raid on lawrence and pottawatomie massacre?

No Brown killed 5 pro slavery people in the pottawatomie massacre.


Potawatomie massacre was held where?

Brown and his men killed five pro-slavery men in Kansas in what became known as the Pottawatomie Massacre.


What was the Pottawatomie massacre in Kansas in 1856?

Brown (John Brown) and his men killed five pro-slavery men in cold blood in Kansas in what became known as the Pottawatomie Massacre.


What happened at Pottawatomie Massacre?

The Pottawatomie Massacre took place in Franklin County, KS southwest of Ottawa, KS


Who was the leader of the Pottawatomie Massacre in Kansas which left five pro-slavery men dead?

John Brown


Who killed 5 pro slavery people in kansas in an event that became known as the pottawatomie massacre?

John Brown


How did the Pottawatomie Massacre lead to the civil war?

The Pottawatomie Massacre was an event led by John Brown that took place in the dead of night on May 24-25, 1855. John Brown led abolitionist "free soilers" in an attack in Kansas, just north of Pottawatomie Creek. They killed five settlers who were most likely pro-slavery. This was one of the many bloody events that lead to Kansas being collectively called "Bleeding Kansas."


What was the Site of retaliatory raid on May 24 1856 by anti-slavery supporters group targeted pro-slavery opponents John Brown's men killed 5 people in the night of terror?

A settlement near the Pottawatomie Creek in Kansas.


What did John Brown do that made him infamous?

The abolitionist John Brown (1800-1859) was involved in the killing of five people in the Pottawatomie massacre, as a leader of an anti-slavery group in Kansas in 1856. Three years later, he was captured, tried, and executed for his attack on the armory at Harper's Ferry, West Virginia.


What was John brown immediate plan?

John Brown's immediate plan was to " strike terror in the hearts of the proslavery people." Then eventually he, his four sons, and two other men went to the Pottawatomie Creek, where they seized and killed 5 supporters of slavery.


Were proprietors supporters of slavery?

Yes, the proprietors were the supporter of slavery.


What happened at Lawrence and Pottawatomie Creek in Kansas?

Prior to the Civil War, Quantrill's Raiders, a pro-slavery band from Missouri, burned the town of Lawrence, Kansas. At Pottawatomie Creek, Abolitionist John Brown and his band killed some pro-slavery settlers.