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.
Brown and his men killed five pro-slavery men in Kansas in what became known as the Pottawatomie Massacre.
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Pottawatomie Creek, Kansas
The massacre was led by John Brown & his four sons. There was also three other men from the Pottawatomie Rifles involved.
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."
Brown and his men killed five pro-slavery men in Kansas in what became known as the 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
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John Brown was an abolitionist who felt that the plight of the blacks could only be helped by starting a rebellion. He is famous for the Pottawatomie Massacre where he brutally murdered 12 men, and ended up on the end of a rope himself.
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.
The Men Who Murdered Mohammed was created in 1958.
There was no one who ordered John Brown to attack the men at Pottowamic Creek. the Pottowamic Massacre was band together abolitionist settlers to kill five settlers north of Pottawatomie Creek.
The Pottawatomie Massacre took place in Franklin County, KS southwest of Ottawa, KS
Pottawatomie Creek, Kansas
Pottawatomie Rifles happened in 1856.
No, the Pottawatomie tribe is not part of the Sioux.