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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.

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Who led an attack on pottawatomie creek to retaliate for the attack on Lawrence?

John Brown led the attack on Pottawatomie Creek in retaliation for the attack on Lawrence. Brown and a group of followers killed five pro-slavery settlers in May 1856 as a form of guerrilla warfare in "Bleeding Kansas."


Five proslavery settlers are killed?

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.


Who led the attack on pottawatomie creek to retaliate?

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.


Site of a federal arsenal where a militant abolitionist attempted to start a slave rebellion?

Pottawatomie Creek, Kansas


Scene of militant abolitionist john brown's massacre of proslavery men in 1856?

Pottawatomie Creek, Kansas


What was john browns in the violence that led to the bleeding kansas?

he killed a group of proslavery settlers near pottawatomie creek


What was john brown role in the that led to bleeding kansas?

He killed a group of proslavery settlers near Pottawatomie Creek


What was john brown's role in the violence that led to bleeding kansa?

He killed a group of proslavery settlers near Pottawatomie Creek


Who was john brown and what did he do at the pottawatomie creek?

John Brown was an American abolitionist who believed in using violent means to end slavery. At Pottawatomie Creek in May 1856, Brown and his followers killed five pro-slavery settlers in what became known as the Pottawatomie Massacre. This event further escalated the tensions between pro-slavery and anti-slavery factions in Kansas during the Bleeding Kansas period.


When did the Abolitionist John Brown kill four pro slavery men in Kansas?

John Brown killed four pro-slavery men in Pottawatomie Creek, Kansas on May 24, 1856. This event, known as the Pottawatomie massacre, was part of Brown's violent campaign against slavery in the Kansas Territory.


When did the Pottawatomie Creek Massacre start?

1856


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."