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Bookmark or Share- John Brown (abolitionist) - WikipediaJohn Brown (May 9, 1800 – December 2, 1859) was an American evangelist who was a prominent leader in the American abolitionist movement in the decades preceding the Civil War.
- John Brown’s Harpers Ferry ‑ Definition, Date & Facts - HISTORYThe 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.
- 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...
- The Abolitionist's John Brown | American Battlefield TrustWhen the abolitionist John Brown seized the largest Federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia, in October of 1859, he forced the citizens of the United States to reconsider the immorality of the institution of slavery and the injustices enforced by the government.
- Date, Significance, John Brown, & Facts - BritannicaHarpers Ferry Raid was an assault that took place October 16–18, 1859, by an armed band of abolitionists led by John Brown on the federal armory located at Harpers Ferry, Virginia (now in West Virginia). It was a main precipitating incident to the American Civil War.
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