[DOC] [TLE] Pottawatomie massacre - Wikipedia [PAR] 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 settlerssome of them 
members of the Pottawatomie Rifleskilled five settlers north of Pottawatomie 
Creek in ... On the morning of May 22, 1856, they heard of the sack of Lawrence 
and the... [DOC] [TLE] Pottawatomie Massacre | Civil War on the Western Border: The ... [PAR] On the night of May 24, 1856, the radical abolitionist John Brown, five of his sons, 
and three other associates murdered five proslavery men at three different ... an 
abolitionist friend of Brown, indicates that Brown personally led the massacre. [DOC] [TLE] John Brown and the Pottawatomie Killings [PAR] On the night of May 24, 1856, John Brown and his company of Free State 
volunteers murdered five men settled along the Pottawatomie Creek in 
southeastern Kansas. The victims were prominently associated with the pro-
slavery Law and Order ... Most of the books written by members of the abolitionist 
community in the... [DOC] [TLE] The Pottawatomie Creek Massacre [ushistory.org] [PAR] The Pottawatomie Creek Massacre. ... John Brown's Raid, d. .... At Pottawatomie 
Creek, five men were dragged from their cabins and ... John Brown was not a 
timid man. ... fire with fire," and they must "strike terror in the hearts of the pro-
slavery people. ... Vengeance would come on the night of May 24, three days 
after the... [DOC] [TLE] Bleeding Kansas and the Pottawatomie Massacre, 1856 | The ... [PAR] ... of Lawrence on May 21, 1856, the abolitionist John Brown led a brutal attack 
on a pro-slavery settlement at Pottawatomie Creek on the night of May 24. ... 
Brown and six followers killed five men, hacking at them with broadswords ... She 
sent it to him in November 1859 as he awaited execution after the Harpers Ferry 
raid. [DOC] [TLE] Pottawatomie Massacre | United States history [1856] | Britannica.com [PAR] (May 2425, 1856), murder of five men from a proslavery settlement on ... Creek, 
Franklin county, Kan., U.S., by an antislavery party led by the abolitionist John 
Brown. ... [now in West Virginia] militant American abolitionist whose raid on the 
... proslavery settlers on Pottawatomie Creek, murdered five men in cold blood, 
and... [DOC] [TLE] The Pottawatomie Creek Massacre | History Today [PAR] John Brown was deeply involved in the civil war which by 1856 was raging in ... 
of the 'slave hounds' at the settlement of Pottawatomie Creek on May 24th, 1856. 
... the settlement at dead of night, hauled five sleeping settlers from their cabins ... 
at the end of August Osawatomie was burned by pro-slavery men in revenge for... [DOC] [TLE] Pottawatomie Massacre (1856) Summary  John Brown Kansas Killing [PAR] The massacre was carried out by a group of abolitionists who were led by John 
Brown Senior. During the night of May 24, 1856 and the following morning, 
Brown's group attacked and killed five settlers near the Pottawatomie Creek. ... 
his Pottawatomie Rifles, an abolitionist militia, in response to the pro-slavery 
threat to... [DOC] [TLE] Bleeding Kansas and the Missouri Border War - Timeline of Events [PAR] May 24, 1856. In retaliation for the Lawrence raid, a band led by the abolitionist 
crusader John Brown murdered five innocent pro-slavery men in the... [DOC] [TLE] John Brown | HistoryNet [PAR] On the night of May 24, Brown, with four of his sons and two other men, rode to 
the ... Many in the abolition movement painted Brown as a martyr, convincing 
many ... John Brown and his Harpers Ferry raid are often referred to as the match 
that lit .... several proslavery settlers in Bleeding Kansas, hacking to death five 
men... [DOC] [TLE] American Experience . John Brown's Holy War . People & Events ... [PAR] John brown dedicated his life to the abolition of slavery; for him, any means ... the 
issue of slavery, and it

Question: On May 24, 1856 this abolitionist led a raid that killed 5 pro-slavery men in Pottawatomie
Answer: John Brown