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john brown
2 of the people who witnessed his execution were John Wilkes Booth & Stonewall Jackson
Trivia about john brown
One month prior to his hanging on December 2, 1859, he said that he had no design to "excite slaves to rebel"
He was born in Connecticut in 1800 & hanged for treason in Virginia in 1859
After his 1859 hanging, Civil War troops sang of this abolitionist's body "mouldering in the grave"
An Osawatomie, Kansas park is named for this 19th century abolitionist & includes the cabin where he lived
If you want to see the grave this abolitionist "lies a-mouldering in", go to North Elba, N.Y.
On October 16, 1859 this man & his followers seized a U.S. arsenal in what is now West Virginia
Though he lived in many states, his body "lies a-moudering in the grave" south of Lake Placid
On May 24, 1856 this abolitionist led a raid that killed 5 pro-slavery men in Pottawatomie
In 1859 it took Robert E. Lee less than a day to suppress the uprising by this white abolitionist
Thoreau praised this man's actions at Harpers Ferry & eulogized him in 3 lectures
Melville said this abolitionist who was hanged in Charlestown, Va. in 1859 was "the meteor of the war"
William Lloyd Garrison said, "In firing his gun", this abolitionist "has merely told what time of day it is. It is High Noon"
Lawson Botts, who defended this fiery abolitionist at his 1859 trial, died fighting for the Confederacy in 1862
In his "Plea For" this abolitionist, Thoreau asked, "When were the good and the brave ever in a majority?"
His "Body lies a-mouldering in the grave" near his farmhouse in Lake Placid, New York
Henry David Thoreau's 1859 essay "A Plea for" this Harpers Ferry guy didn't work; he was executed
This man's execution on December 2, 1859 made him a martyr to the anti-slavery cause
Born in Connecticut in 1800, attacked a U.S. arsenal in 1859, hanged for treason the same year
He was hanged in Charlestown, Virginia about 6 weeks after he led the attack on Harper's Ferry
In the "body" of his Nov. 30, 1859 letter to his family from a Virginia prison, he says farewell
His 1859 hanging inspired a song
Philanthropist Gerrit Smith helped finance this man's 1859 raid on Harper's Ferry
10 members of his band, including 2 of his sons, were killed in the battle for Harpers Ferry
On Dec. 2, 1859 this abolitionist told his hangman, "I am ready at any time. Do not keep me waiting"
Accompanied by 21 men, he seized a federal arsenal in a famous raid in October 1859
Stabbed during his capture at Harpers Ferry, this abolitionist spent most of his 1859 trial lying on a cot
Although nominally a pacifist, Garrison supported this man's raid on Harper's Ferry in 1859
On Dec. 2, 1859 this militant abolitionist was hanged for treason
The Kansas Statehouse mural seen here is entitled "The Tragic Prelude" & depicts this pre-Civil War firebrand
As result of anti-slavery raid on Harper's Ferry, his "body lies a moldering in the grave"
As seen in a 1997 film, he was Victoria's beloved servant, but we're not sure how she felt about his "body"
Born in Connecticut in 1800, helped capture an arsenal in 1859, died a martyr that same year
In 1859 he told a Va. courtroom, "I never did intend murder, or...to excite or incite slaves to rebellion"
In 1859 Robert E. Lee commanded the U.S. Marines that assaulted this man's barricaded forces at Harpers Ferry
On Oct. 18, 1859 he was found wounded & his 2 sons dead at a federal armory
Here, Thomas Hovenden dramatically depicts the 1859 last moments of this man
The Harpers Ferry National Historical Park includes a museum named for this Civil War figure
Following a Harpers Ferry raid, he said, "I am content to die for God's eternal truth"
According to Encyclopedia Britannica, his raid at Harper's Ferry in 1859 made him a martyr to the anti-slavery cause
The white-haired ghost of this fiery leader walks alongside a black dog at Harpers Ferry in West Virginia
Emerson said this man, hanged for treason on Dec. 2, 1859, would make the gallows "as glorious as the cross"