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24 May

John Brown and his sons and followers killed five slaveholders at Pottawatomie Creek, Kansas

Abolitionist John Brown (May 9, 1800-December 2, 1859) was as responsible as any one person for the coming of the Civil War. His October 16, 1859, raid on Harpers Ferry galvanized the nation, further alienating North and South and drastically redu...

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