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Interesting Questions, Facts and Information
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 Interesting Questions, Facts, and Information
 John Brown
| John Brown stood trial in Charlestown, Virginia and on November 2 was found guilty of murder, conspiracy, and treason. While he awaited his hanging he wrote many letters to his family that were published, Brown became a hero to the abolitionist cause. On December 2, 1859 Brown was hanged. Even though his raid on Harpers Ferry had failed, through his death Brown achieved his victory. How? | John Brown - Abolitionist
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All of these. (As a result of the Civil War the slaves were set free., He gave his life for the cause he believed in most., He further polarized the nation that led to the Civil War.). John Brown's body lies mouldering in the grave,
John Brown's body lies mouldering in the grave,
John Brown's body lies mouldering in the grave,
His soul is marching on!
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Glory, glory, hallelujah!
Glory, glory, hallelujah!
Glory, glory, hallelujah!
His soul is marching on!
He captured Harper's Ferry with his nineteen men so true,
And he frightened old Virginia till she trembled through and through,
They hung him for a traitor, themselves the traitor crew,
But his soul is marching on!
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John Brown died that the slave might be free,
John Brown died that the slave might be free,
John Brown died that the slave might be free,
And his soul is marching on!
| The US Marines used sledge hammers to break down the door of the building that Brown's group had retreated to. Prior to this Brown had been given the opportunity to surrender but Brown had said he would ...?
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"prefer to die.". After the door was broken down Lieutenant Israel Greene struck Brown on the head - knocking him out, making him a captive, and ending the Harpers Ferry raid.
| John Brown met an impressive English mercenary named Hugh Forbes and Brown agreed to hire Forbes as a drillmaster. The whole of Brown's group met at a certain location and Brown began to devise his plot to lead a slave revolt starting at Harpers Ferry, Virginia. Where was the location that Brown's group first met to train? | John Brown - Abolitionist
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Tabor, Iowa. Unfortunately Brown and Forbes started arguing almost immediately and this prevented his small force from becoming unified and prepared. After a while Forbes left Brown's group and threatened to expose Brown's plan to the authorities. This was not a good way to organize for the surprise attack on Harpers Ferry.
| John Brown then traveled to New England and met with many wealthy abolitionists who he persuaded to believe in him. Six rich contibutors to his cause became known as the _____ ? | John Brown - Abolitionist
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Secret Six. The Massachusetts State Kansas Committee supported Brown with introductions to important New England people and weapons.
The Declaration of the US Slave Population was written by Brown that put forth his abolitionist ideals he hoped to apply to the new free land he would conquer.
The Subterranean Pass Way was John Brown's belief that the underground railway could end in Kansas not in Canada.
| On August 30, 1856 a group of three hundred pro-slavery Missourians had arrived at Osawatomie, Kansas to destroy an anti-slavery settlement. There, a much smaller force of about 40 men met them and through the brilliant leadership of John Brown were able to hold them off and inflict a large number of casualties on the Missouri troops. Who led these pro-slavery Missouri men? | John Brown - Abolitionist
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John W. Reid. Jim Lane actually led the 'Army of the North' and was an ally of John Brown, Brown teamed up with him while retreating through Nebraska.
Colonel Edwin Sumner was the man John Brown released Captain Henry Pate to after Brown had captured him.
David Atchison led another pro-slavery Missouri invasion into Kansas the following month, fortunately much of the violence was prevented by the diplomatic efforts of the Kansas Govenor John W. Geary.
| John Brown grew up to have two wives (he remarried after the death of his first), twenty children, and he worked with success and failure both as a tanner and as an expert in fine sheep and wool. In 1837 he consecrated his life to the destruction of slavery due to what notable event? | John Brown - Abolitionist
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The murder of Elijah P. Lovejoy.. Elijah P. Lovejoy was a Presbyterian minister who published the "Alton Observer" in Illinois and used his newspaper to express abolitionist views. Three times angry mobs destroyed his printing press and threw the broken pieces into the Mississippi. Lovejoy was undaunted, he received a fourth press from an Ohio anti-slavery group and was in the warehouse with it when on November 7, 1837 another angry mob attacked. As Lovejoy tried to prevent the mob from setting fire to the building, he was shot and tragically died.
Torrington, Conneticut - May 9, 1800. His parents were Owen Brown and Ruth Mills, John was the 4th of 8 children. In 1805 his father moved the family to Hudson, Ohio so to practice his trade as a tanner.
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