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Sources
www.pbs.org britannica.com
www.nps.gov
www.archives.gov
www.battlefields.org
avalon.law.yale.edu
en.wikipedia.org
www.wvarchive.org
Words to Describe Him
- Aggressive
- Abolitionist
- Righteous
- Religous
Interesting Facts
- Brown had a total of 20 children with two wives, his first wife Dianthe Lusk bearing 7 and his second Mary Ann Day bearing 13. Only about half of them (11, to be exact) lived to adulthood.
- Despite his obviously violent actions, he believed he was following God's commandments.
- Before Brown was sentenced to death by hanging, he was charged with "treason against the commonwealth of Virginia, Murder, and inciting slave insurrection."
Birth Date, Death Date, and Location
- John Brown was born on May 9th, 1800 in Torrington, Connecticut.
- He died on December 2, 1859 at 11:15 am and pronounced dead at 11:50 am. His lasts words were: "The most complete and fearlessness of and insensibilty to danger and death."
John Brown
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Early Life
Brown was born into a religous family and described his parents as "poor but respectable". His father, Owen Brown, was a radical abolitionist and involved in the Underground Railroad. When he was five, Brown and his family moved to Hudson, Ohio, which became the most anti-slavery region in the country.
Greatest Accomplishments and Key Events
- In 1851, Brown helped establish the League of Gileadites, an Organization that worked to help escaped slaves.
- He helped with the Underground Railroad, and harbored fugitve slaves.
- He ended up killing 5 unarmed pro slavery men in an event called the Pottawatomie Raid, and was caught by Robert E. Lee.
- In October 1859, he and 21 followers seized the federal armory in Harpers Ferry, Virginia, in an attempt to start a slavery rebellion.
- On December 2, 1859, John Brown was hanged for treason.
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