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"