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John Brown was a Northerner who wanted to create a slave revolution so that slaves would revolt against their masters. When the time came though, no slaves fought.

John Brown was an abolitionist which means he was against slavery. He planned to have a rebellion-giving slaves guns and ammunition, then attack the whites who owned slaves.

John Brown and his sons were violent committed murderers in Kansas and somehow escaped prosecution.

Brown tried to get the support Black scholar and freed slave Frederick Douglas to join him but Douglas told him the plan was terrible.

Brown's attempted slave revolution ended with his arrest and hanging for treason in 1859.
John Brown, 1800-1859, was a fervent abolitionalist. He lead a raid on the federal armory at Harpers Ferry. When caught, by Robert E. Lee, he was found guilty and executed for the killing of 12 people at Harper's Ferry.

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