The Write Team Daily: "Bleeding Kansas"

The Write Team Podcast · May 24, 2026 · 17m

Today's episode of The Write Team Daily revisits the violent Pottawatomie Massacre of May 24, 1856, when abolitionist John Brown and his followers killed five pro-slavery settlers during the chaos of “Bleeding Kansas,” pushing America one step closer to the Civil War. Then, celebrate National Family Fun Day, revisit the publication of Mary Had a Little Lamb, the first telegraph message sent by Samuel Morse, and the grand opening of the iconic Brooklyn Bridge. Plus, a birthday spotlight on music legend Bob Dylan, a remembrance of jazz icon Duke Ellington, and a powerful devotional from Genesis…