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Civil War | Biography. John Brown. Title Radical Abolitionist. Date of Birth - Death May 9, 1800 - December 2, 1859. Born in Torrington, Connecticut, John Brown belonged to a devout family with extreme anti-slavery views. He married twice and fathered twenty children.
Apr 21, 2024 · May 9, 1800–December 2, 1859. John Brown was an ardent abolitionist whose raid on the federal arsenal in October 1859 intensified the sectional dispute over slavery in the United States and hastened the nation toward civil war.
John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry was an effort by abolitionist John Brown, from October 16 to 18, 1859, to initiate a slave revolt in Southern states by taking over the United States arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia (since 1863, West Virginia). It has been called the dress rehearsal for, or tragic prelude to, the American Civil War.: 5
Apr 2, 2014 · John Brown was a 19th-century militant abolitionist known for his raid on Harpers Ferry in 1859. Updated: Apr 19, 2021. Photo: © CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images. (1800-1859) Who Was John...
May 16, 2023 · A Look Back at John Brown. Spring 2011, Vol. 43, No. 1. By Paul Finkelman. Enlarge. For Southerners, Brown was the embodiment of all their fear—a white man willing to die to end slavery. For many Northerners, he was a prophet of righteousness. (111-BA-1101)
Mar 4, 2010 · The Harper's Ferry raid was an 1859 assault by an armed band of abolitionists led by John Brown on the federal armory in the small town of Harper's Ferry, Virginia. It was intended to be the...
Beyond the League of Gilead, John Brown was also active in the Underground Railroad helping escaped slaves to reach Canada. He was friends with prominent black abolitionists such as Frederick Douglass and Harriet Tubman, and also many notable Philadelphia abolitionists.
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