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Jul 13, 2024 · Martin Duberman,The Nation Advance Praise "Nobody could save John Brown from the gallows in Charles Town Virginia, on December 2, 1859, but David Reynolds dazzlingly rescues him from misreadings in American history occupying the extremes of the spectrum from Brown as a Christ martyred in the abolitionist cause to Brown as a cruel and wanton terrorist.
1 day ago · In October 1859, a militant white abolitionist named John Brown led a small band of black and white anti-slavery fighters in a bold assault on the federal arsenal at Harper's Ferry, West Virginia. Their goal was to capture a large store of weapons, liberate slaves, and wage a guerilla was against local slaveholders.
Jul 11, 2024 · John Brown was a prominent leader in the American abolitionist movement during the decades leading up to the Civil War. He became known as the leading advocate for using violence to end American slavery after years of peaceful efforts had failed.
Jul 5, 2024 · John Brown May 9 1800 December 2 1859 was a prominent leader in the American abolitionist movement in the decades preced
Jul 17, 2024 · Leading figure in the New England Emigrant Aid Society (Kansas Aid Movement), assisting abolitionist settlers and John Brown working to make Kansas a free state, 1850s. Between 1856 and 1874, donated money to "interracial colleges": Berea College, Hampton Agricultural Institute, Dartmouth College, and Howard University.: 149
2 days ago · John Brown Museum; American Abolitionism; American Abolitionists, comprehensive list of abolitionists and anti-slavery activists and organizations in the United States; History of the British abolitionist movement Archived 6 April 2007 at the Wayback Machine by Right Honourable Lord Archer of Sandwell
