The Kansas Civil War continues: in retaliation for the Sack of Lawrence, abolitionist leader John Brown, his four sons and two others murder five pro-slavery settlers in Pottawatomie, federal enclave of Kansas.
[restored 2/21/2022]
Subsequent Events:
References:
Calvin D. Linton, ed. The Bicentennial Almanac: 200 Years of America, 1776-1976, (Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson, 1975), 149.
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