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jan 1, 1856 - Pottawomie Massacre

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John Brown, a religious zealot who believed that God had sent him to stop slavery by any means necessary, led a group of men on an attack on a group of slave owners. He shot one and hacked the others to death with a machete.

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jan 1, 1856
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~ 169 years ago