John Brown (May 9, 1800 – December 2, 1859) was a prominent leader in the American abolitionist movement in the decades preceding the Civil War.
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John Brown
Abolitionist
John Brown was a prominent leader in the American abolitionist movement in the decades preceding the Civil War. Wikipedia
Born: May 9, 1800, Torrington, CT
Died: December 2, 1859 (age 59 years), Charles Town, WV
Children: Owen Brown, Salmon Brown, John Brown Junior, and more
Spouse: Mary Ann Day Brown (m. 1833–1859) and Dianthe Lusk (m. 1820–1832)
Siblings: Florella Brown Adair
Parents: Ruth Mills and Owen Brown
Books
John Brown's Provisional Constitution
1858
Memoranum [Sic] Book of John Brown, Franklin, Portage Co. Ohio
Memoranum [sic] Book of John Brown, Franklin, Portage Co. Ohio: V. 2
A John Brown Reader: John Brown, Frederick Douglass, W.E.B. Du Bois & Others
Everlasting punishment and the Oxford declaration of Feb. 25, 1864, a brief address of protestation
1864
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John Brown was a man of action -- a man who would not be deterred from his mission of abolishing slavery. On October 16, 1859, he led 21 men on a raid of ...
Born in Torrington, Connecticut, John Brown belonged to a devout family with extreme anti-slavery views. He married twice and fathered twenty children.
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Mar 5, 2024 · Sixteen people were killed in the raid, including ten of Brown's men. John Brown, Aaron Stevens, Edwin Coppoc, Shields Green, and John Copeland ...
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When Brown was hanged in 1859 for his raid on Harpers Ferry, Virginia, many saw him as the harbinger of the future.