What the records say
- When
- 1856
- Kind
- Massacre
- Deaths
- 5
- Coordinates
- 38.44° N, 95.11° W
- Description
- Violent Attack by Abolitionists prior to the American Civil War
Pottawatomie massacre
1856 massacre in the Kansas Territory
The Pottawatomie massacre occurred on the night of May 24–25, 1856, in the Kansas Territory, United States. In reaction to the sacking of Lawrence by pro-slavery forces on May 21, and the telegraphed news of the severe attack on Massachusetts Senator Charles Sumner, John Brown and a band of abolitionist settlers—some of them members of the Pottawatomie Rifles—responded violently.
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- Battle of Black Jack2 Jun 1856 · Battle
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- Bowring Treaty18 Apr 1855 · Treaty
- Battle of Dry Wood Creek2 Sep 1861 · Battle
- Bleeding Kansas: A pro-slavery Democrat, John Wilkins Whitfield, is elected as the congressional delegate for Kansas Territory29 Nov 1854 · Event