John Brown
John Brown
The massacre was led by John Brown & his four sons. There was also three other men from the Pottawatomie Rifles involved.
The group was led by abolitionist 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.
No Brown killed 5 pro slavery people in the pottawatomie massacre.
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John Brown
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."
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.
John Brown
The Pottawatomie Massacre took place in Franklin County, KS southwest of Ottawa, KS