In the Pottawatomie Massacre, __________
A) John Brown and his followers killed five Native Americans in a land dispute
B) a mob of angry settlers attacked and killed five escaped slaves
C) an escaped slave killed a family of five white settlers
D) John Brown killed eight abolitionists in Kansas
E) John Brown and his followers killed five proslavery settlers in cold blood
Answer: E
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