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Battle Of Black Jack |
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US-56, Douglas County
Roadside turnout, 2 miles east of Baldwin City , KS, USA |
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This battle was part of the struggle to make Kansas a free state. In May 1856, proslavery men destroyed buildings and newspaper presses in Lawrence, free-state headquarters. John Brown's company then killed five proslavery men on Pottawatomie Creek not far from this spot. |
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