"Now, if it is deemed necessary that I should forfeit my life for the furtherance of the ends of justice, and mingle my blood further with the blood of my children and with the blood of millions in this slave country whose rights are disregarded by wicked, cruel, and unjust enactments, I say, let it be done."
- John Brown
- John Brown
During "Bleeding Kansas", radical abolitionist John Brown fled to Kansas to fight for the cause. John Brown was outraged by an earlier attack on the anti-slavery town of Lawrence, Kansas, where many civilians were killed. On May 24, 1856 John Brown killed five men along the banks of the Pottawatomie River. The men were pro-slavery but not slave owners. Known as the "Pottawatomie Massacre," it made Brown well known as someone ready to fight for his beliefs, no matter the price.
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(15) Becker, Helaine. John Brown. Woodbridge: Blackbirch, 2001. Print.