|
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 Return to Main Page Return to Name index Return to Career Index Return to County Index |
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.  image source: Library of Congress |