The Pottawatomie massacre occurred during the night of May 24 and the morning of May 25 , 1856 . Using swords , Brown and a band of abolitionist settlers took from their residences and killed five " professional slave hunters and militant pro-slavery " settlers north of Pottawatomie Creek in Franklin County , Kansas
Pottawatomie massacre
Pottawatomie massacre
John Brown (abolitionist)