John Brown
American abolitionist (1800-1859) · United States · Founders · Died at 59
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Something wrong?John Brown was an American abolitionist in the decades preceding the American Civil War. An evangelical Christian of strong religious convictions, Brown was profoundly influenced by the Puritan faith of his upbringing.
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![The house in which Brown was born, in Torrington, Connecticut, was photographed in 1896 and destroyed by fire in 1918.[17][18][19]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/John_Brown%27s_birthplace.jpg/1280px-John_Brown%27s_birthplace.jpg)
The house in which Brown was born, in Torrington, Connecticut, was photographed in 1896 and destroyed by fire in 1918.[17][18][19]
John Brown's Tannery, in 1885
Mary Ann Brown (née Day), wife of John Brown, married in 1833, with Annie (left) and Sarah (right) in 1851
Wood engraving of the pro-slavery mob setting fire to Gilman & Godfrey's warehouse, where Elijah Parish Lovejoy hid his printing press![A daguerreotype of Brown taken by African-American photographer Augustus Washington in Springfield, Massachusetts, c. 1846-1847. Brown is holding the hand-colored flag of Subterranean Pass Way, his militant counterpart to the Underground Railroad.[88]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/John_Brown_by_Augustus_Washington%2C_1846-7.png/1280px-John_Brown_by_Augustus_Washington%2C_1846-7.png)
A daguerreotype of Brown taken by African-American photographer Augustus Washington in Springfield, Massachusetts, c. 1846-1847. Brown is holding the hand-colored flag of Subterranean Pass Way, his militant counterpart to the Underground Railroad.[88]
John Brown's farmhouse, North Elba, New York, now a historic site and National Historic Landmark
John Brown, quarter-plate daguerreotype, attributed to Southworth & Hawes, Winter 1856, Massachusetts Historical SocietyFamily
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John Brown was an American abolitionist in the decades preceding the American Civil War. An evangelical Christian of strong religious convictions, Brown was profoundly influenced by the Puritan faith of his upbringing. He believed that he was "an instrument of God", raised to strike the "death blow" to slavery in the United States, a "sacred obligation". Brown was the leading exponent of violence in the American abolitionist movement, believing it was necessary to end slavery after decades of peaceful efforts had failed.
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