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  2. John Brown (abolitionist) - Wikipedia

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    John Brown (May 9, 1800 – December 2, 1859) was an American abolitionist in the decades preceding the Civil War.First reaching national prominence in the 1850s for his radical abolitionism and fighting in Bleeding Kansas, Brown was captured, tried, and executed by the Commonwealth of Virginia for a raid and incitement of a slave rebellion at Harpers Ferry, Virginia, in 1859.

  3. John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry - Wikipedia

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    Many of John Brown's homes are today small museums. The only major street named for John Brown is in Port-au-Prince, Haiti (where there is also an Avenue Charles Sumner). In Harpers Ferry today, the engine house, now known as John Brown's Fort, sits in a park, open to walk through, where there is an interpretive display summarizing the events.

  4. John Brown (biography) - Wikipedia

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    John Brown is a biography written by W. E. B. Du Bois about the abolitionist John Brown.Published in 1909, it tells the story of John Brown, from his Christian rural upbringing, to his failed business ventures and finally his "blood feud" with the institution of slavery as a whole.

  5. Abolitionism in the United States - Wikipedia

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    John Brown was the only abolitionist to have actually planned a violent insurrection, though David Walker promoted the idea. The abolitionist movement was strengthened by the activities of free African Americans, especially in the Black church , who argued that the old Biblical justifications for slavery contradicted the New Testament .

  6. Pottawatomie massacre - Wikipedia

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    The Pottawatomie massacre occurred on the night of May 24–25, 1856, in the Kansas Territory, United States.In reaction to the sacking of Lawrence by pro-slavery forces on May 21, and the telegraphed news of the severe attack on Massachusetts Senator Charles Sumner, John Brown and a band of abolitionist settlers—some of them members of the Pottawatomie Rifles—responded violently.

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    The son of a U.S. Congressman, John Y. Brown, Jr.’s life spanned various sectors of business, entertainment and politics. He oversaw Kentucky Friend Chicken’s rise to international relevance ...

  8. Why UNC trustees chairman said the handling of Mack Brown’s ...

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    After a 35-20 loss to N.C. State in Mack Brown’s last game as North Carolina’s head coach, John Preyer criticized athletic director Bubba Cunningham.

  9. A.J. Brown went viral for reading a book on sideline of ... - AOL

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    Brown considered what was out of his control: his knee injury, his quarterback’s three-week hiatus in concussion protocol, the limited targets he’d received Sunday afternoon. It all resulted ...