SECTIONAL CRISIS 1850 1861
BLOODY KANSAS
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Murdered 5 pro-slavery people
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Murdered 5 anti-slavery people
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -In May 1858, Brown held a secret anti-slavery convention in Canada. About 50 black and white supporters adopted Brown’s anti-slavery constitution. In December, Brown moved beyond talk and plans. He led a daring raid from Kansas across the border into Missouri, where he killed one slave owner and freed 11 slaves.
Detailed explanation-2: -John Brown. John Brown was a man of action–a man who would not be deterred from his mission of abolishing slavery. On October 16, 1859, he led 21 men on a raid of the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia.
Detailed explanation-3: -Pottawatomie Massacre, (May 24–25, 1856), murder of five men from a proslavery settlement on Pottawatomie Creek, Franklin county, Kan., U.S., by an antislavery party led by the abolitionist John Brown and composed largely of men of his family.