Pottawatomie Massacre Sat, 05/24/1856 to Sun, 05/25/1856In retribution for the Sacking of Lawrence three days earlier, abolitionist John Brown, four of his sons, and other Free-Staters murder five proslavery settlers near Pottawatomie Creek in southeast Franklin County. Read more about Pottawatomie Massacre
Sacking of Lawrence Wed, 05/21/1856A posse of 800 proslavery settlers under the leadership of Douglas County's own sheriff, Samuel J. Jones, sack the town of Lawrence, Kansas. Read more about Sacking of Lawrence