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may 24, 1856 - The Pottawatomie Massacre May 24, 1856

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Just north of Pottawatomie Creek, in Franklin County, they abducted and killed five pro-slavery settlers, three of them former slave catchers. One teenage son of one of the settlers was also abducted by Brown and his fellow perpetrators, but was ultimately spared.

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Date:

may 24, 1856
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~ 169 years ago