John Brown (1800-1859) was a American slavery abolitionist.
Short Biography:
With 18 men, he seized, on the night of 16 Octomber 1859, the government arsenal at Harper's Ferry in West Virginia, apparently intending to distribute weapons to runaway slaves who would then defend the mountain stronghold, which Brown hoped would become a republic of former slaves.
On 18 Octomber the arsenal was stormed by US Marines under Col. Robert E Lee.
Brown was tried and hanged on 2 December, becoming a martyr and the hero of the popular song "John Brown's Body" (c. 1860).
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John Brown was an American revolutionary abolitionist.
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