Women’s Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present
Abolitionist Movement
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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.