James Hanway's account of the Pottawatomie Massacre This is a five-page account of the May 24, 1856, killings on Pottawatomie Creek, apparently written by James Hanway shortly after the incident. The crime is committed. 1 By Paul Finkelman Enlarge For Southerners, Brown was the embodiment of all their fears—a white man willing to die to end slavery. Reflects on events surrounding the Pottawatomie massacre and border conflict in southeast Kansas in 1856. Related Links. Lesson Name: Pottawatomie Massacre Grade level/Course: 8th Grade US History Lesson Components Lesson Objectives: Students will be able to understand the significance of the events surrounding the Pottawatomie Massacre by reading and analyzing a variety of primary documents Potawatomi Name. John Brown, militant American abolitionist and veteran of Bleeding Kansas whose raid on the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia, in 1859 and subsequent execution made him an antislavery martyr and was instrumental in heightening sectional animosities that led to the American Civil War. The work of Monroe, and Madison, and Jefferson, is undone.The wall they erected to guard the domain of Liberty, is flung down by the hands of an American Congress, and Slavery crawls, like a slimy reptile over the ruins, to defile a second eden. "Bleeding Kansas" describes a period of civil unrest in Kansas Territory between 1854 and 1856. Instead, settlers would use the principle of popular sovereignty and vote to determine After the Missouri Compromise of 1820, which prohibited slavery in the former Louisiana Territory north of the 36° 30’ parallel (except for the state of Missouri), Congress tried to maintain a balance between slave and free states in the Union. Web Sites Documents, Contemporary Accounts and Memoirs, Maps, ... culture in antebellum America. Albany, New York, Evening Journal [Whig] (23 May 1854) From the Secession Era Editorials Project, Furman University. Location. Hanway identified the five pro-slavery victims by name and wrote: "The settlement is plunged into a perfect commotion. 43, No. The name Potawatomi (pronounced pot-uh-WOT-uh-mee) comes from the Ojibway “potawatomink,” which means “people of the place of fire.”The Potawatomi call themselves Nishnabek, meaning “true or original people.”. A Spotlight on Primary Sources – John Brown “Bleeding Kansas” and the Pottawatomie Massacre, 1856 In 1854, the Kansas-Nebraska Act overturned the Missouri Compromise, which stated that slavery would not be allowed north of latitude 36’ 30’.

The Pottawatomie Massacre Clip: Season 1 | 1m 26s On the night of May 24th, 1856, Brown and four of his sons dragged five pro-slavery men from their cabins, and hacked them to pieces with broadswords.

(111-BA-1101) As we celebrate the beginning of the sesquicentennial of the American Civil War, it is worthwhile to remember, and contemplate, the most important For many Northerners, he was a prophet of righteousness. Spring 2011, Vol.