John Brown

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Standard Name: Brown, John,, 1800 - 1859

Connections

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Friends, Associates Frances Power Cobbe
FPC 's time at Red Lodge House brought her into contact with other reformers, feminists, and abolitionists from Britain and the USA, including Sarah Parker Remond , and Samuel May . After the execution of...
Friends, Associates Frances E. W. Harper
Frances Watkins befriended white abolitionist John Brown and his wife . She remained with Mary Brown during the weeks leading up to Brown's execution following his failed rebellion.
Boyd, Melba Joyce. Discarded Legacy. Wayne State University Press, 1994.
49
Still, William. The Underground Railroad. Arno Press, 1968.
762
Textual Production Harriet Jacobs
Having gone through a third of Jacobs's manuscript, making editorial revisions along the way, Child wrote that she had very little occasion to alter the language, which is wonderfully good, for one whose opportunities for...
Textual Production Mary Ann Shadd Cary
In 1861 MASC published her edition of Osborne P. Anderson 's memoirs of his participation in John Brown 's raid on Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, on 16 October 1859. The published account, entitled A...
Theme or Topic Treated in Text Harriet Martineau
HM wrote steadily for US anti-slavery publications including the annual The Liberty Bell. In the National Antislavery Standard she criticized John Brown 's political strategy in the 1859 rebellion, although she expressed admiration for...
Theme or Topic Treated in Text Rebecca Harding Davis
RHD touches on public matters too. She keenly recalls the prejudice against Abolitionists in the period leading up to the Civil War, and records a glancing contact with John Brown , and her impressions of...

Timeline

9 May 1800: John Brown,who became one of the most notorious...

National or international item

9 May 1800

John Brown ,who became one of the most notorious white activists in the American Abolitionist Movement , was born in Torrington, Connecticut.
Evans, Richard J. The Penguin Dictionary of Nineteenth Century History. Editors Belchem, John and Richard Price, Penguin, 1996.
85

9 May 1800: John Brown,who became one of the most notorious...

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9 May 1800

John Brown ,who became one of the most notorious white activists in the American Abolitionist Movement , was born in Torrington, Connecticut.
Evans, Richard J. The Penguin Dictionary of Nineteenth Century History. Editors Belchem, John and Richard Price, Penguin, 1996.
85

16 October 1859: The Harpers Ferry Insurrection took place,...

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16 October 1859

The Harpers Ferry Insurrection took place, led by white abolitionist John Brown who, along with roughly twenty other men, attempted to seize the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia.
Evans, Richard J. The Penguin Dictionary of Nineteenth Century History. Editors Belchem, John and Richard Price, Penguin, 1996.
85
Corey, Melinda, and George Ochoa, editors. The Encyclopedia of the Victorian World. Henry Holt and Company, 1996.
65
Zinn, Howard. A People’s History of the United States: 1492-Present. 20th Anniversary Edition, HarperCollins, 1999.
184-186

2 December 1859: White American abolitionist John Brown was...

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2 December 1859

White American abolitionist John Brown was hanged in Charles Town by the state of Virginia, with the approval of the federal government .
Zinn, Howard. A People’s History of the United States: 1492-Present. 20th Anniversary Edition, HarperCollins, 1999.
184-6
Evans, Richard J. The Penguin Dictionary of Nineteenth Century History. Editors Belchem, John and Richard Price, Penguin, 1996.
85-6
Corey, Melinda, and George Ochoa, editors. The Encyclopedia of the Victorian World. Henry Holt and Company, 1996.
65

2 December 1859: White American abolitionist John Brown was...

National or international item

2 December 1859

White American abolitionist John Brown was hanged in Charles Town by the state of Virginia, with the approval of the federal government .
Zinn, Howard. A People’s History of the United States: 1492-Present. 20th Anniversary Edition, HarperCollins, 1999.
184-6
Evans, Richard J. The Penguin Dictionary of Nineteenth Century History. Editors Belchem, John and Richard Price, Penguin, 1996.
85-6
Corey, Melinda, and George Ochoa, editors. The Encyclopedia of the Victorian World. Henry Holt and Company, 1996.
65

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