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Categories: History of racism in Kansas, 1850s political events, American anti-abolitionist riots and civil disorder, May 1856 events, Riots and civil disorder in Kansas
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Sacking of Lawrence  Sack of Lawrence
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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 which had been founded by anti-slavery settlers from Massachusetts who were hoping to make Kansas a free state. Wikipedia
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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 which had been founded by anti-slavery settlers from Massachusetts who were hoping to make Kansas a free state. Wikipedia
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Bleeding Kansas
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United States
LOCATED IN THE ADMINISTRATIVE TERRITORIAL ENTITY
Kansas
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Douglas County
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