Lawrence Massacre
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lawrence-massacre-181-14942249
title:
Lawrence Massacre
text:
The Lawrence Massacre was an attack during the American Civil War (1861–65) by Quantrill's Raiders, a Confederate guerrilla group led by William Quantrill, on the Unionist town of Lawrence, Kansas, killing around 150 unarmed men and boys. The attack, on the morning of Friday August 21, 1863, targeted Lawrence due to the town's long support of abolition and its reputation as a center for the Jayhawkers, who were free-state militia and vigilante groups known for attacking plantations in pro-slaver
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Raid in the American Civil War
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Massacre
date created:
2004-10-03T02:49:45Z
date modified:
2024-09-06T03:29:29Z
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13
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