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John Brown was born
John Brown was born on May 9th, 1800 in Torrington, Connecticut. He was raised in Ohio during most of his childhood. His parents were Owen Brown and Ruth Mills. -
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John Brown marries Dianthe Lusk
John Brown marries Dianthe Lusk. They have five children. In 1826 they left for Pennsylvania where Brown built a tannery. In 1832 she dies shortly after the death of her newborn. -
John Brown marries Mary Day
John Brown marries 16 year old Mary Day. She takes care of his five children and later will have 13 more. The children will later grow up and help their dad kill proslavery men. -
John Brown goes to Kansas
After the Kansas-Nebraska act was introduced proslavery men and antislavery men went to vote. John Brown and his sons go to Kansas to vote wether it should be a free state or slave. They were voting for it to be free. -
Attack on pro-slavery men.
John Brown goes to Pottawatomie creek and directs his sons to go kill the men. They murderd 5 men altogether. 2 of which were sons and the mother had to watch them die. -
Attack on Missouri homesteads
John Brown goes to Missouri with his sons and frees 11 slaves and also killing the slave owner. It took 82 days to travel to Canada to free them. They attacked 2 homesteads when in Missouri. -
Rents a house under the name Isacc Smith
July 3rd 1859, John Brown rents a house under the name Isacc Smith. He rents it so he could stay safe and hide. It is only a few miles away from Harper's ferry. -
John meets with Frederick Douglass
John Brown and Frederick Douglass have a meeting at Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. John Brown asks Frederick Douglass to help during the raid on Harper's ferry. Frederick Douglass declines. -
Attack on Harper's ferry.
John Brown and his small army attack Harpers ferry hoping to get weapons and insurrect and slave army. Robert E. Lee attacks and kills 10 of Brown's men, wounded and captured John Brown. -
John Brown was hanged
Robert E. Lee captures John Brown. He was trialed and proven guilty for his murderings and attack. He was accused of treason, murder, and insurrection and hanged.
