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First 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 in 1859.
4 de mar. de 2010 · Militant abolitionist John Brown is executed on charges of treason, murder and insurrection on December 2, 1859. Brown, born in Connecticut in 1800, first became militant during the...
9 de may. de 2024 · John Brown, 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.
2 de dic. de 2021 · John Brown fotografiado en 1859. Foto: Cordon Press. El hecho que convertiría a John Brown en el líder definitivo de la causa abolicionista fue la defensa de la ciudad de Lawrence, que se hallaba asediada por trescientos milicianos proesclavistas que finalmente acabaron tomando la población por la fuerza. Aquel acto contribuyó a que John ...
27 de oct. de 2009 · Brown was hanged on December 2, 1859, at the age of 59. Among the witnesses to his execution were Lee and the actor and pro-slavery activist John Wilkes Booth.
4 de mar. de 2010 · John Brown Executed: December 2, 1859 In October 1859, the U.S. military arsenal at Harpers Ferry was the target of an assault by an armed band of abolitionists led by John Brown (1800-59).
19 de abr. de 2024 · Harpers Ferry Raid, (October 16–18, 1859), assault by an armed band of abolitionists led by John Brown on the federal armoury located at Harpers Ferry, Virginia (now in West Virginia). It was a main precipitating incident to the American Civil War.
