USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Brown continued to participate in skirmishes against proslavery forces. When Missourians attacked the town of Osawatomie, Brown defended the city. This gave him the nickname, “Osawatomie Brown.” John Brown had been helping slaves long before he came to Kansas Territory.

Detailed explanation-2: -At the age of 55, Brown moved with his sons to Kansas Territory. In response to the sacking of Lawrence, Kansas, John Brown led a small band of men to Pottawatomie Creek on May 24, 1856. The men dragged five unarmed men and boys, believed to be slavery proponents, from their homes and brutally murdered them.

Detailed explanation-3: -Three distinct political groups occupied Kansas: pro-slavery, Free-Staters and abolitionists. Violence broke out immediately between these opposing factions and continued until 1861 when Kansas entered the Union as a free state on January 29. This era became forever known as Bleeding Kansas.

Detailed explanation-4: -John Brown (May 9, 1800 – December 2, 1859) was an American abolitionist leader. First reaching national prominence for his radical abolitionism and fighting in Bleeding Kansas, he was eventually captured and executed for a failed incitement of a slave rebellion at Harpers Ferry preceding the American Civil War.

Detailed explanation-5: -In December, 1858, John Brown led a few men across the Missouri border from Kansas and attacked two proslavery homesteads, confiscating property and liberating slaves. For Brown, the attack was an unqualified success and bolstered his hopes for his larger raid planned against Virginia.