Sacking of Lawrence
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sacking-of-lawrence-181-14912536
title:
Sacking of Lawrence
text:
The sacking of Lawrence occurred on May 21, 1856, when pro-slavery settlers, led by Douglas County Sheriff Samuel J. Jones, attacked and ransacked Lawrence, Kansas, a town that had been founded by anti-slavery settlers from Massachusetts who were hoping to make Kansas a free state. The incident fueled the irregular conflict in Kansas Territory that later became known as Bleeding Kansas. The human cost of the attack was low: only one person—a member of the pro-slavery gang—was killed, and his dea
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description:
1856 destruction of the Kansas Territory town
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacking_of_Lawrence
date created:
2004-12-28T03:05:12Z
date modified:
2024-09-06T03:36:38Z
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