Pottawatomie Massacre — The Pottawatomie Massacre occurred during the night of May 24 and the morning of May 25, 1856. In reaction to the sacking of Lawrence (Kansas) by pro slavery forces, John Brown and a band of abolitionist settlers (some of them members of the… … Wikipedia
Pottawatomie Rifles — The Pottawatomie Rifles was a group of abolitionist (or free state) Kansas settlers of Franklin and Anderson counties, both of which are along the Pottawatomie Creek. The band was formed in the fall of 1855 as an armed militia to counter growing… … Wikipedia
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John Brown (abolitionist) — John Brown Daguerreotype of Brown, ca.1856. Born May 9, 1800(1800 05 09) Torrington, Connecticut Died … Wikipedia
History of Kansas — The history of Kansas is rich with the lore of the American Old West. Located on the eastern edge of the Great Plains, the U.S. state of Kansas was the home of nomadic Native American tribes who hunted the vast herds of bison. The region first… … Wikipedia
Bleeding Kansas — Part of Prelude to American Civil War Date 1854 to 1860 Location Kansas and Missouri Result … Wikipedia
United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… … Universalium
Timeline of Kansas history — For a detailed description of the events in the Kansas area, see History of Kansas .The timeline of Kansas is rich with the lore of the American West. Located on the eastern edge of the Great Plains, the U.S. state of Kansas was the home of… … Wikipedia
Midwestern United States — Midwest redirects here. For other uses, see Midwest (disambiguation). Midwest as defined by U.S. Census Bureau The Midwestern United States is one of the four U.S. geographic regions defined by the United States Census Bureau, providing an… … Wikipedia
Kansas–Nebraska Act — This 1856 map shows slave states (gray), free states (pink), U.S. territories (green), and Kansas in center (white). The Kansas–Nebraska Act of 1854 (10 Stat. 277) created the territories of … Wikipedia
