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)
Parents: Ruth Mills and Owen Brown
Grandparents: Gideon Mills, Hannah Owen, John Brown, and more
Great-grandparents: Oliver Humphreys, Esq., John Brown, Mary Brown, and more
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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, militant American abolitionist and veteran of Bleeding Kansas whose raid on the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia, in 1859 and ...
Born in Torrington, Connecticut, John Brown belonged to a devout family with extreme anti-slavery views. He married twice and fathered twenty children.
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 ...
For abolitionists and antislavery activists, black and white, Brown emerged as a hero, a martyr, and ultimately, a harbinger of the end of slavery. Most ...
Mar 20, 2018 · On the night of October 16, 1859, John Brown and 21 followers captured the U.S. Armory, Arsenal and Rifle Factory at Harpers Ferry. He called it ...
Oct 27, 2009 · An entrepreneur who ran tannery and cattle trading businesses prior to the economic crisis of 1839, Brown became involved in the abolitionist ...
Mar 5, 2024 · Faced with charges of murder, conspiring with enslaved people to rebel and treason against the state of Virginia, John Brown's trial began ...
"Brown viewed slavery as a state of war against blacks—a system of torture, rape, oppression and murder—and saw himself as a soldier in the army of the Lord ...