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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.
Bleeding Kansas describes the period of repeated outbreaks of violent guerrilla warfare between pro-slavery and anti-slavery forces following the creation of the new territory of Kansas in 1854.
John Brown was a militant American abolitionist and veteran of Bleeding Kansas whose raid on the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia, in 1859 and subsequent execution made him an antislavery martyr and was instrumental in heightening sectional animosities that led to the American Civil War.
The album cover depicts abolitionist John Brown in a scene from Tragic Prelude, a mural by Kansas native John Steuart Curry. [4] The original mural is painted on a wall at the Kansas State Capitol in Topeka .
John Brown Abolitionist. Born: May 9, 1800. Died: December 2, 1859. John Brown was born in Torrington, Connecticut, on May 9, 1800, to Owen and Ruth (Mills) Brown, the fourth of eight children. In 1805 the family moved to Ohio where the elder Brown was a supporter of Oberlin College.
Among the most well-known and controversial figures in Kansas history is John Brown. During his time in Kansas Territory, Brown demonstrated his most radical methods to fight the institution of slavery. Here his actions led to the territory’s nickname Bleeding Kansas.
Three days after the Sack of Lawrence, an antislavery band led by John Brown retaliated in the Pottawatomie Massacre. After the attack Brown’s name evoked fear and rage in slavery apologists in Kansas.
John Brown was a militant abolitionist whose violent raid on the U.S. military armory at Harpers Ferry, Virginia, was a flashpoint in the pre‑Civil War era.
In response to the sacking of Lawrence, Kansas, John Brown led a small band of men to Pottawatomie Creek on May 24, 1856. The men dragged five unarmed men and boys, believed to be slavery proponents, from their homes and brutally murdered them.
Learn more about the family and the border war when you visit the John Brown Museum. Operated in partnership with the City of Osawatomie. Nominated for 8 Wonders of Kansas People.