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John Brown. Date of Birth - Death May 9, 1800 - December 2, 1859. Born in Torrington, Connecticut, John Brown belonged to a devout family with extreme anti-slavery views. He married twice and fathered twenty children. The expanding family moved with Brown throughout his travels, residing in Ohio, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania and New York.
27. Mai 2011 · See all videos for this article. Harpers Ferry Raid, (October 16–18, 1859), assault by an armed band of abolitionists led by John Brown on the federal armoury located at Harpers Ferry, Virginia (now in West Virginia). It was a main precipitating incident to the American Civil War.
19. Juni 2024 · John Brown (born May 9, 1800, Torrington, Connecticut, U.S.—died December 2, 1859, Charles Town, Virginia [now in West Virginia]) was a militant American abolitionist whose raid on the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia (now in West Virginia ), in 1859 made him a martyr to the antislavery cause and was instrumental in heightening ...
2. Apr. 2014 · John Brown was born on May 9, 1800, in Torrington, Connecticut, to Ruth Mills and Owen Brown. Owen, who was a Calvinist and worked as a tanner, ardently believed that slavery was wrong. As a 12 ...
5. Apr. 2024 · Quick Facts. Amenities. 4 listed. Upon entering the John Brown Museum, visitors will get to experience a three-part film on John Brown's life before, during and after his raid in Harpers Ferry. In the break between video segments, visitors can participate in interactive exhibits and learn more details on Brown's life and actions.
30. Sept. 2009 · John Brown's Raiders. Although the radical abolitionist assault on the U.S. armory and arsenal at Harpers Ferry has gone down in history as John Brown’s Raid, the 59-year-old John Brown was accompanied by 21 others — 16 white men, three free blacks, one freed slave and one fugitive slave. Only five escaped the raid and its aftermath.
modifier Le raid de John Brown contre Harpers Ferry est une attaque armée menée par l' abolitionniste américain John Brown et une vingtaine de ses hommes contre l' arsenal fédéral alors situé à Harpers Ferry , alors en Virginie , en octobre 1859 . Prennent part à l'assaut ou à sa préparation directe trois fils de John Brown, Oliver , Owen et Watson Brown , mais aussi plusieurs de ses ...
