John Brown was born on May 9, 1800 in Torrington, Connecticut he died on December 2, 1859 in Charles town, West Virginia. John Brown was civil rights activist pretty much his whole life. His father was Owen Brown and he was very religious and all against slavery. They lived in Northern Ohio an area well known for their anti-slavery. But at age 12 is when he truly became against slavery. He witnessed a young African-American boy being beaten by his owner. This caused nightmares and scared him every time he thought back to that day.
John Brown wasn’t always protesting riots. He had many different jobs throughout his life. He worked as a farmer, land speculator, wool merchant, and tanner. He was never financially wealthy through his life. He
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Him and his wife also raised a black child as one of their own. John Brown’s kids did not live very long. Most of them died young ages even for their time. A lot of them followed in his footsteps about anti-slavery. He moved all over the country protesting against slavery. Some of these places were Ohio, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, and New York.
John Brown helped with anti-slavery so much through his life. He even ended up dying for it. He would give land to fugitive slaves and helped with the Underground Railroad. The Underground Railroad was a secret trail for slaves to travel from home to home in secret till they moved into free territories. He lent his home and offered food to those on their journey to becoming free. He also Helped Harriet Tubman with the book she was writing called Uncle Tom’s Cabin.
But John Brown kept on going on in 1859 he helped establish the league of Gileadites.1855. John and his 5 sons moved to Kansas Territory to become leaders of an anti-slavery group in Lawrence. On May 24th -25th hi and some abolitionists shot and killed 5 settlers north of Pottawatomie Creek. During this time John went over into a pro slavery town and killed 5 settlers there. This was later known as the Pottawatomie