NAME: John Brown
BORN: May 9, 1800
COMMUNITY AFFILIATIONS:
(born, Torrington, Connecticut);
family moved to Hudson, Ohio (Summit County) when he was a child
OCCUPATION: abolitionist
DIED: hanged, December 2, 1859
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FAST FACTS:
During the slavery conflicts in Kansas and Missouri, Brown moved to Kansas to pursue the abolitionist cause. While there, he and his sons participated in a number of violent anti-slavery raids.
Brown is best known for the raid he led on Harper's Ferry, Viginia on October 17, 1859. He was captured and later executed.
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