pottawatomie massacre quizlet
31d. The Pottawatomie Creek Massacre The Pottawatomie Creek Massacre. At Pottawatomie Creek, five men were dragged from their cabins and massacred by John Brown and his sons. John Brown was not a timid man. A devout reader of the Bible, he found human bondage immoral and unthinkable. The father of 20 children, he and his wife Mary settled in Kansas to wage a war on the forces of slavery. Pottawatomie massacre Pottawatomie massacre. The Pottawatomie massacre occurred during the night of May 24 and the morning of May 25, 1856. In reaction to the sacking of Lawrence, Kansas by pro-slavery forces, John Brown and a band of abolitionist settlersâsome of them members of the Pottawatomie Riflesâkilled five settlers north of Pottawatomie Creek in Franklin County, Kansas.