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Born in Torrington, Connecticut on May 9, 1800, John Brown was the son of a wandering New Englander. Brown spent much of his youth in Ohio, where he was taught in local schools to resent compulsory education and by his parents to revere the Bible and hate slavery. ... RETURN TO CIVIL WAR BIOGRAPHY PAGE...
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A civilian turned soldier, John B. Gordon became a trusted corps commander under Lee in the final days of the Confederacy. Involved in the coal industry in his native Georgia, Gordon raised the Racoon Roughs for the Southern cause. ... RETURN TO CIVIL WAR BIOGRAPHY PAGE...
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John Brown was a man of action -- a man who would not be deterred from his mission of abolishing slavery. On October 16, 1859, he led 21 men on a raid of the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia. ... John Brown was born into a deeply religious family in Torrington, Connecticut, in 1800. Led by a father who was...
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Oates, Stephen B. To Purge This Land with Blood: A Biography of John Brown. Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 1984. ... World Biography » Br-Ca » John Brown Biography ... John Brown Biography forum...
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John Brown Biography: American Civil War Biographies ... John Brown was a highly controversial member of the movement to abolish (put an end to) slavery in the years leading up to the Civil War. He believed that slavery was morally wrong and committed himself to doing anything ... Home > American Civil War > John Brown Biography...
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John Brown (abolitionist) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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John Brown (May 9, 1800 – December 2, 1859) was an American abolitionist, and folk hero who advocated and practiced armed insurrection as a means to end all slavery. He led the Pottawatomie Massacre ...
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