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{{Short description|1856 destruction of the Kansas Territory town}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2018}} {{distinguish|text=the [[Lawrence massacre]]}} {{Infobox military conflict | conflict = Sacking of Lawrence | image = Sacking-lawrence.jpg | image_size = 300px | caption = Ruins of Free State Hotel after the attack | partof = [[Bleeding Kansas]] | date = May 21, 1856 | place = [[Douglas County, Kansas]] | result = Border ruffian victory * Production of ''Kansas Free State'' ended; production of ''Herald of Freedom'' temporarily halted * [[Eldridge Hotel|Free State Hotel]] and [[Charles L. Robinson]]'s house destroyed * Lawrence looted | combatant1 = [[Free-Stater (Kansas)|Free-Stater]]s | combatant2 = [[Border ruffian]]s | commander1 = [[Samuel C. Pomeroy]] (''de facto'') | commander2 = [[Samuel J. Jones]] | strength1 = Abolitionist civilians | strength2 = 300 | casualties1 = 1 wounded | casualties2 = 1 dead | campaignbox = {{Campaignbox Bleeding Kansas}} }} The '''sacking of Lawrence''' occurred on May 21, 1856, when [[slavery in the United States|pro-slavery]] settlers, led by [[Douglas County, Kansas|Douglas County]] Sheriff [[Samuel J. Jones]], attacked and ransacked [[Lawrence, Kansas]], a town that had been founded by [[Abolitionism in the United States|anti-slavery]] settlers from Massachusetts who were hoping to make Kansas a [[Free-Stater (Kansas)|free state]]. The incident fueled the [[Irregular warfare|irregular conflict]] in [[Kansas Territory]] that later became known as [[Bleeding Kansas]]. The human cost of the attack was low: only one person{{em dash}}a member of the pro-slavery gang{{em dash}}was killed, and his death was accidental. However, Jones and his men halted production of the Free-State newspapers the ''Kansas Free State'' and the ''Herald of Freedom'', destroying the presses and offices (with the former ceasing publication altogether and the latter taking months to once again start up). The pro-slavery gunmen also destroyed the [[Eldridge Hotel|Free State Hotel]] and [[Charles L. Robinson]]'s house.
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