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John Brown (May 9, 1800 – December 2, 1859) was an American abolitionist 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, Virginia, in 1859.
It is located on John Brown Road in the town of North Elba, 3 miles (5 km) southeast of Lake Placid, New York, where John Brown moved in 1849 to teach farming to African Americans. It has been called the highest farm in the state, [ 3 ] [ 4 ] "the highest arable spot of land in the State, if, indeed, soil so hard and sterile can be called arable."
John Brown (January 27, 1736 – September 20, 1803) was an American merchant, politician and slave trader from Providence, Rhode Island.Together with his brothers Nicholas, Joseph and Moses, Brown was instrumental in founding Brown University (then known as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations) and moving it to their family's former estate in Providence.
John Y. Brown III told the Herald-Leader he thought Taylor did “an honest job” of rendering his father’s life. He and other family members viewed a rough cut of the film earlier this year.
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Brown finished his second professional season with 70 receptions for 1,075 yards and 11 touchdowns. [43] In the Wild Card Round against the Baltimore Ravens, Brown recorded six receptions for 83 yards and a touchdown as the Titans lost 20–13. [44] Brown had suffered injuries to both of his knees early in the season, causing him to miss two games.
"John Brown's Body" (Roud 771), originally known as "John Brown's Song", is a United States marching song about the abolitionist John Brown. The song was popular in the Union during the American Civil War. The song arose out of the folk hymn tradition of the American camp meeting movement of the late 18th and early 19th century. According to an ...
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