Pottawatomie massacre

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The Pottawatomie massacre was an 1856 episode of anti-slavery violence in Kansas in which abolitionist John Brown and his followers killed five pro-slavery settlers, escalating tensions that helped lead to the American Civil War.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf event in Bleeding Kansas
massacre
violent incident
aftermath heightened polarization between North and South
increased national attention to Bleeding Kansas
chronologicallyWithin 1850s in Kansas Territory
combatant Free-State partisans
pro-slavery settlers
conflict Bleeding Kansas crisis
surface form: Bleeding Kansas
country United States of America
surface form: United States
followedBy Battle of Osawatomie
escalation of violence in Bleeding Kansas
hasAlternativeName Pottawatomie massacre
surface form: Pottawatomie Creek massacre

Pottawatomie massacre
surface form: Pottawatomie killings
hasCause conflict over slavery in Kansas Territory
pro-slavery violence in Kansas
retaliation for the sacking of Lawrence
hasDate 1856-05-24
hasEndDate 1856-05-25
hasEthicalDebate controversy over justification of political violence
hasParticipant Brown family members
John Brown
abolitionist militants
hasYear 1856
historicalPeriod Antebellum period
surface form: Antebellum period in the United States
leader John Brown
legalStatusAtTime extrajudicial killings
locatedIn Franklin County, Kansas
surface form: Franklin County, Kansas Territory

Kansas Territory
Pottawatomie Creek NERFINISHED
locatedInPresentDay Kansas
method killing with broadswords and firearms
motive anti-slavery militancy
retaliation for pro-slavery attacks
numberOfFatalities 5
partOf Bleeding Kansas crisis
surface form: Bleeding Kansas
perpetrator John Brown
followers of John Brown
perpetratorSide abolitionists
precededBy Sacking of Lawrence
relatedTo American Civil War
significance contributed to the coming of the American Civil War
escalated sectional tensions over slavery
topicOf biographies of John Brown
historical studies of American abolitionism
scholarship on political violence in U.S. history
victimSide pro-slavery men
pro-slavery settlers

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Bleeding Kansas crisis hasPart Pottawatomie massacre
John Brown notableWork Pottawatomie massacre
John Brown participantIn Pottawatomie massacre
Kansas Territory significantEvent Pottawatomie massacre
Sacking of Lawrence followedBy Pottawatomie massacre
Sacking of Lawrence relatedEvent Pottawatomie massacre
Pottawatomie massacre hasAlternativeName Pottawatomie massacre
this entity surface form: Pottawatomie killings
Pottawatomie massacre hasAlternativeName Pottawatomie massacre
this entity surface form: Pottawatomie Creek massacre
Battle of Osawatomie relatedEvent Pottawatomie massacre
Wakarusa War relatedTo Pottawatomie massacre