John Brown

By: Kinsie Mitchell

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Introduction

John brown is a very smart and good hearted person who believed slavery was wrong.

He had many plans and ideas of ways to free slaves

Abolitionist

John Brown thought slavery was VERY wrong.

He made many friends with slaves when he went into town. He witnessed his friends being beaten with whips and shovels

John thought slavery was unfair

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Bible

John believed every word of the bible and that was his way of life.

He also believed God wanted him to end slavery and free all the slaves.

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Children

John had many children that shared his way of life.

They hated slavery too His kids also lived by the bible

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Dysentery

Dysentery is a serious disease causing vomiting, diarrhea, dehydration, and sometimes death.

Four of John’s children died from this disease.

Executed

He was executed because he and his team had killed seven people and acted against the U.S government.

John was hanged on Dec. 2,1859

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Fight

John fought and fought without giving up. He soon realized that words would NOT

solve the problem so he fought with guns, fists, and everything else he had.

Great

John was a great person who wanted to make the U.S a great place to.

He said just before he was hanged he was going to a better place.

Harper’s Ferry

– John made a new plan to take his men to Harper’s Ferry in Virginia because many guns and other weapons were stored there

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Intelligent

John was very intelligent He made many plans to free slaves

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Judge

John stood before the judge waiting for what they would do to him

The court decided DEATH. John would be hanged

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Kansas

In Kansas John led raid against proslavery settlement

Five men died

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Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln was elected in 1860. He was from the North and was against

slavery Lincoln set over 3,000,000 slaves

free

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Mom

Ruth mills brown was Johns mom she was also an abolitionist

Northerners

People from the north did NOT believe slavery was right.

Many northerners stood up for what they believed in

Owen

Owen Brown is Johns dad. Owen owned a tannery before he gave it to

John John took after his dad about the

bible Owen is very strict

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Proslavery

Proslavery are people who believe there should be slaves

They are usually slave owners

Quakers

John was part of a Quaker group. The group fought against slavery They all thought it was wrong so they tried to

put an end to it.

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Religious Revivals

Religious revival were very common during this time

It is when a preacher comes and sets up a large tent and when people gathered he would urge them to repent and lead holier lives.

Slaves

John made many friends with slaves as a kid and when he was older he was helped by Fredrick Douglaus, who was a former slaves to help free the other slaves.

Tannery

John worked in a tannery that his father Owen had owned himself

He always worked his very hardest on everything

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Underground Railroad

John was part of the Underground Railroad

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Violence

There was ALOT of violence when fighting to free African Americans from their slave life

At Pottawatomie Creek John took four of his sons where they murdered people. (not each other)

Weapons

John sent weapons such as guns and swords to slaves, hoping they would attack their owners and run away.

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XII

at age XII (12) he took the cattle into town to trade.

Many times he got sidetracked and talked a lot with slaves.

Young

At a very young age he knew slavery was wrong

He had always known he had to do something about slavery

Zeal

Zeal means enthusiastic John was very zeal about everything

Conclusion

John did make some sort of difference, mostly to slaves because he let them know that a lot people know that it is wrong to call and treat people like property

Works Cited

John Brown John Brown

By: Tom Streissguth Anne Schraff

Millbrook Press Enslow Publishers Inc.

Minneapolis New Jersey

1999 2010