Battle of the Spurs (Kansas)
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Battle of the Spurs (Kansas)
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The so-called Battle of the Spurs took place about 7 miles (11 km) north of Holton, Kansas, near Netawaka, Kansas, on January 31, 1859. Abolitionist John Brown, together with J. H. Kagi and Aaron Dwight Stevens, was escorting a group of 11 escaped slaves from the slave state of Missouri to freedom in Iowa. At Straight Creek they faced a posse of U.S. marshals and others, who hoped to earn the $3,000 reward posted for Brown's capture. Brown, who "inspired terror in his enemies",
faced a posse of
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Battle took place in 1859
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Spurs_(Kansas)
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2023-10-04T13:06:23Z
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