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Was John Brown ever a slave?

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He was an abonlitionist who raided Haper Ferry, Virginia in 1859 and was never a slave. He was born in Connecticut, aspired to be a Congregational minister, was raised in Ohio, ran a tannery and farmed in Pennsylvania, traded cattle, raised sheep, went bankrupt and fathered 21 children. Some consider him to have been a martyr to the abolitionist cause while others considered him to be a madman. Lincoln called him a "misguided fanatic".

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