Boyd, Melba Joyce. Discarded Legacy. Wayne State University Press.
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John Brown
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Standard Name: Brown, John,, 1800 - 1859
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Friends, Associates | Frances Power Cobbe | FPC
's time at Red Lodge House brought her into contact with other reformers, feminists, and abolitionists from Britain and the USA, including Sarah Parker Remond
, and Samuel May
. After the execution of... |
| Friends, Associates | Frances E. W. Harper | Frances Watkins
befriended white abolitionist John Brown
and his wife
. She remained with Mary Brown during the weeks leading up to Brown's execution following his failed rebellion. Still, William. The Underground Railroad. Arno Press. 762 |
| Textual Production | Mary Ann Shadd Cary | In 1861 MASC
published her edition of Osborne P. Anderson
's memoirs of his participation in John Brown
's raid on Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, on 16 October 1859. The published account, entitled A... |
| Textual Production | Harriet Jacobs | Having gone through a third of Jacobs's manuscript, making editorial revisions along the way, Child wrote that she had very little occasion to alter the language, which is wonderfully good, for one whose opportunities for... |
| Theme or Topic Treated in Text | Rebecca Harding Davis | RHD
touches on public matters too. She keenly recalls the prejudice against Abolitionists in the period leading up to the Civil War, and records a glancing contact with John Brown
, and her impressions of... |
| Theme or Topic Treated in Text | Harriet Martineau | HM
wrote steadily for US anti-slavery publications including the annual The Liberty Bell. In the National Antislavery Standard she criticized John Brown
's political strategy in the 1859 rebellion, although she expressed admiration for... |
Timeline
9 May 1800: John Brown,who became one of the most notorious...
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9 May 1800
John Brown
,who became one of the most notorious white activists in the American Abolitionist Movement
, was born in Torrington, Connecticut.
9 May 1800: John Brown,who became one of the most notorious...
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9 May 1800
John Brown
,who became one of the most notorious white activists in the American Abolitionist Movement
, was born in Torrington, Connecticut.
16 October 1859: The Harpers Ferry Insurrection took place,...
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16 October 1859
The Harpers Ferry Insurrection took place, led by white abolitionist John Brown
who, along with roughly twenty other men, attempted to seize the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia.
2 December 1859: White American abolitionist John Brown was...
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2 December 1859
White American abolitionist John Brown
was hanged in Charles Town by the state of Virginia, with the approval of the federal government
.
2 December 1859: White American abolitionist John Brown was...
National or international item
2 December 1859
White American abolitionist John Brown
was hanged in Charles Town by the state of Virginia, with the approval of the federal government
.
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