What the records say
- When
- 21 May 1856
- Kind
- Military operation
- Coordinates
- 38.96° N, 95.25° W
- Description
- 1856 destruction of the Kansas Territory town
Sacking of Lawrence
1856 destruction of the Kansas Territory town
The sacking of Lawrence occurred on May 21, 1856, when pro-slavery settlers, led by Douglas County Sheriff Samuel J. Jones, attacked and ransacked Lawrence, Kansas, a town that had been founded by anti-slavery settlers from Massachusetts who were hoping to make Kansas a free state. The incident fueled the irregular conflict in Kansas Territory that later became known as Bleeding Kansas.
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