Al Sweigart on Nostr: On this date in 1856, John Brown and a group of militant abolitionists killed 5 ...
On this date in 1856, John Brown and a group of militant abolitionists killed 5 pro-slavery settlers in Kansas.
This was in response to a violent attack on the city of Lawrence by pro-slavery terrorists. It became part of what was later known as Bleeding Kansas.
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