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24 May 1856: John Brown did nothing wrong (lemmy.ml)
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[–] HerbalGamer@sh.itjust.works 20 points 1 month ago (1 children)

what happened that day?

[–] littletoolshed@lemmy.world 56 points 1 month ago (2 children)

In May 1856, Brown and his sons killed five supporters of slavery in the Pottawatomie massacre, a response to the sacking of Lawrence by pro-slavery forces. Brown then commanded anti-slavery forces at the Battle of Black Jack and the Battle of Osawatomie.

[–] osanna@lemmy.vg 16 points 1 month ago

What a badass. Hell yeah!

[–] HerbalGamer@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 month ago

Got it. Thanks. I agree.