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| Civilian |
| 1800-1859 |
| Connecticut |
| Abolitionist |
|
John Brown's obsession with ending
slavery cast him as an abolitionist hero. In 1856, provoked
by a bloody attack on Kansas settlers by “border
ruffians,” Brown led a raid at Pottawatomie where
they hacked several pro-slavery inhabitants to death.
Three years later, he led a raid on the federal arsenal
at Harpers Ferry, Virginia. Captured by
Robert E. Lee, tried, and hanged, Brown refused to
repent, becoming a martyr to northern abolitionists and
immortalized in the song, "John Brown's Body." |
