History of the United States I / Unit 14 USH1 1989 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Pottawatomie Massacre
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The idea
John Brown and his sons were moving to reinforce Lawrence when they learned of the attack, and were disappointed the town had not resisted.
In practice
Brown, a strict Calvinist, saying God had raised him up to break the jaws of the wicked.
Where people slip
He led seven people, four of them his sons, to settlers near Pottawatomie Creek, announcing themselves as the Northern Army.
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