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Bookmark or Share- John Brown: Abolitionist, Raid & Harpers Ferry - HISTORYJohn Brown was a leading figure in the abolitionist movement in the pre-Civil War United States. Unlike many anti-slavery activists, he was not a pacifist and believed...
- John Brown (abolitionist) - WikipediaFirst reaching national prominence in the 1850s for his radical abolitionism and fighting in Bleeding Kansas, Brown was captured, tried, and executed by the Commonwealth of Virginia for a raid and incitement of a slave rebellion at Harpers Ferry, Virginia, in 1859.
- John Brown | History, Harpers Ferry, Slavery, Significance ...John Brown was a militant American abolitionist and veteran of Bleeding Kansas whose raid on the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia, in 1859 and subsequent execution made him an antislavery martyr and was instrumental in heightening sectional animosities that led to the American Civil War.
- John Brown - American History CentralJohn Brown was an abolitionist who led the Raid on Harper's Ferry in October 1859 that hastened the nation toward civil war.
- John Brown - Raid, Significance & History - BiographyJohn Brown was a 19th-century militant abolitionist known for his raid on Harpers Ferry in 1859.
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