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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.


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.


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.


Did john brown lead an attack on the pottawatomie creek?

Yes, he did. He and his associated killed 5 southerners farmers at night.


Who ordered john brown to attack the men at pottowamic creek?

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.


When did the Pottawatomie Creek Massacre start?

1856


Who led the attack on Pottawatomie creek?

The attack on Pottawatomie Creek was led by abolitionist John Brown in May 1856. Brown and his followers executed five pro-slavery men in response to the violence occurring in "Bleeding Kansas," a conflict over the legality of slavery in the territory. This brutal act was part of Brown's larger campaign against slavery and significantly escalated tensions in the region.


Who was the leading abolitionist at pottawatomie creek massacre?

John Brown


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

He killed a group of proslavery settlers near Pottawatomie Creek


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

Pottawatomie Creek, Kansas


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

Pottawatomie Creek, Kansas


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."