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In May 1856, the Pottawatomie Massacre took place along Pottawatomie Creek in Franklin County during Bleeding Kansas. Free-state fighters under John Brown killed five proslavery settlers there. Exodusters arrived in the county in 1879.

Timeline

  1. 1856 On the night of May 24 to 25, 1856, John Brown and free-state associates killed five proslavery settlers along Pottawatomie Creek in Franklin County. Sourced
  2. 1879 Kansapedia notes Franklin County was also a destination for Exodusters in 1879. Link only

Connected through

Pottawatomie Massacre in the county, May 1856

Notes

On the night of May 24 to 25, 1856, John Brown and free-state associates killed five proslavery settlers along Pottawatomie Creek in Franklin County. Sourced

Kansapedia notes Franklin County was also a destination for Exodusters in 1879. Link only

Ottawa is the county seat of Franklin County, Kansas (Wikidata). Sourced

Civil War on the Western Border situates the May 24-25, 1856 Pottawatomie Massacre in Franklin County as following the May 21, 1856 Sack of Lawrence during Bleeding Kansas. Sourced

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