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The vicious murderer John Brown was a radical abolitionists from New England. He hated slavery as did most of the abolitionists. Most Americans did not favor slavery either, however, unlike Brown they would not become killers in order to end it. After the 1854 Kansas-Nebraska Act was passed, the issue of slavery in the new US Territories, Kansas and Nebraska in particular, allowed for the citizens to vote on the issue of slavery before applying for statehood. In Kansas there was armed conflict between pro and anti-slavery people. John Brown and his sons travelled to Kansas to make a case for anti-slavery. They decided to kill any settlers there in favor of slavery. This they did in a horrible way. Somehow Brown and his sons escaped prosecution for their crimes.

Their terrorist actions resurfaced in Harper's Ferry in Virginia in 1859. There Brown and his sons took over a federal arms depot and tried to start a slave rebellion. The goal was to free slaves and strike fear into the hearts of pro-slavery people. The rebellion failed and Brown was hanged for treason in 1859.

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What does Strike terror in the hearts of the pro-slaverey people?

"Strike terror in the hearts of the pro-slavery people" refers to the fear and anxiety instilled in defenders of slavery by the actions and rhetoric of abolitionists, particularly those advocating for immediate emancipation. This phrase is often associated with figures like John Brown, whose militant approach to ending slavery through violence threatened the stability of the pro-slavery establishment. The idea was to inspire resistance and rebellion among enslaved people, challenging the moral and social foundations of slavery and creating a sense of urgency for change.


Why were five men murdered at Pottawatomie?

The five men were murdered at Pottawatomie Creek in Kansas on May 24, 1856, by abolitionist John Brown and his followers. This act was part of the violent conflict known as "Bleeding Kansas," which arose from tensions between pro-slavery and anti-slavery factions over whether Kansas should enter the Union as a free or slave state. Brown targeted these men, who were suspected of being pro-slavery advocates, in a retaliatory strike following earlier violence against abolitionists in the region. The killings intensified the national debate over slavery and contributed to the growing divide leading up to the Civil War.


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Who said It is time to strike fire with fire and strike terror in the hearts of the pro-slavery people?

John Brown, an Abolitionist said this in response to an attack on Lawrence, Kansas in 1856. A pro-slavery group had come there to arrest the free-soil government (anti-slavery) leaders for what they considered treason. The leaders had already fled, so they burned down buildings and destroyed what they could in connection to the free-soil government. One person was killed during this attack. Brown became outraged by this and led a retaliation against slavery supporters which became known as the Pottawatomie Massacre. These incidents ultimately led the state into civil war.


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800 slavery supporters attacked the town of Lawrence in Kansas, a stronghold of antislavery settlers. The attackers burned the Free State Hotel and destroyed two newspaper offices and many homes. Soon after, antislavery forces retaliated. John Brown,a fervent abolitionist, believed God chose hom to end slavery. The attck on Lawrence enraged Brown. he vowed to "Strike terror in the hearts of the pro-slavery people." One night Brown led a a group along Pottawatomie Creek where he seized and killed five supporters of slavery.


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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.


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