Brown, John b. May 9, 1800 d. December 2, 1859 American Abolitionist, Folk Figure. He advocated and practiced armed insurrection as a means to end all slavery. He led the Pottawatomie Massacre in 1856 in Bleeding Kansas and made his name in the unsuccessful raid at Harpers Ferry in 1859. President Abraham Lincoln said he was a "misguided fanatic" and Brown has been called "the most controversial of all 19th-century Americans." His attempt in 1859 to start a liberation movement among enslaved African Americans in Harpers Ferry, Virginia...[Read More] Cause of death: Executed by hanging John Brown Farm Grounds, North Elba, Essex County, New York, USA
b. May 9, 1800 d. December 2, 1859