John Brown (May 9, 1800 – December 2, 1859) was a prominent leader in the American abolitionist movement in the decades preceding the Civil War. 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.
First Appearance Historical figure (b. 1800 – d. 1859)
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Appearance List Literature: “What John Brown Did in Kansas” (December 12, 1859): a speech to the United States House of Representatives by Andrew Johnson, A John Brown Reader: The Story of John Brown in His Own Words, in the Words of Those Who Knew Him, and in the Poetry and Prose of the Literary Heritage (1959), Henry David Thoreau’s A Plea for Captain John Brown (1859), W. E. B. DuBois’ John Brown (1909), “A Bibliography of John Brown” (1897) by Thomas Featherstonhaugh, etc. Comics: Real Life Comics (Apr 1942).
Description John Brown (May 9, 1800 – December 2, 1859) was a prominent leader in the American abolitionist movement in the decades preceding the Civil War. 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.
