John Brown
Born 1800
Torrington, Connecticut
Died December 2, 1859
Charlestown, Virginia
Radical abolitionist
Led an unsuccessful attempt to ignite
a slave uprising in the South in 1859
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Harpers Ferry Raid
United States 1859
Synopsis
On Sunday evening, 16 October 1859, the abolitionist John Brown and a band of supporters raided the U.S. arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia. Brown'...
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John Brown
Born May 9, 1800 Torrington, Connecticut Died December 2, 1859 Charlestown, Virginia
Abolitionist, Underground Railroad conductor, and revolutionary
In October, 1859, John Brown led twent...
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John Brown (1800-1859) has been revered for generations as a martyr to the American antislavery cause. His attack on Harpers Ferry, Va., just before the Civil War freed no slaves and resulted in his o...
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John Brown
Many people question whether John Brown was a ruthless murderer or a martyr trying to make the world to be a better place. Many points can be said for either case but Brown's being a mart...
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John Brown was an abolitionist during the antebellum period. After the sack of Lawrence, Brown convinced himself that God ordained him in the words of a neighbor "to break the jaws of the unwicked." I...
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Textbooks all across the United States portray John Brown as an insane and crazy man. However, family and friends close to John Brown saw him differently. He was a man who knew exactly what he belie...
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In the biography Fiery Vision, The Life and Death of John Brown by Clinton Cox, I noticed that John Brown spent more time fighting for slavery than with his family. In finding this, I was very intrig...
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