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may 24, 1856 - John Brown, five of his sons, and three additional associates murder 5 proslavery men in cabins along the Potawatomie Creek. The attack serves as Brown’s revenge for the sacking of Lawrence and attack on Senator Charles Sumner a few days prior

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may 24, 1856
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~ 170 years ago