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John Brown was an activist because he wanted to change slavery completely. He did not agree with slave owners and supporters and believed they were going against God and what he believed in. Brown was an abolitionist who believed in the violent overthrow of the slavery system, John Brown and his sons led attacks on pro slavery residents.

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May 9, 1800 - December 2, 1859

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Brown and his sons attacked three cabins along Pottawatomie Creek. He killed men, women and children and no mercy for slave owners/supporters. John Brown and his small group of rebellions raided a Maryland farm near Harper's Ferry and by morning Brown and his men were surrounded. Colonel Robert E. Lee and Lieutenant J. E. B. Stuart surrounded Brown and his men. On October 19, the soldiers overran Brown and his followers. Ten of his men were killed, including two of his sons.

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John Brown was born on May 9, 1800 in Torrington, Connecticut. John Brown was facing financial difficulty throughout his life and he was also a abolitionist who worked with the underground railroad. John Brown believed that slavery was wrong, he believed that it was unnatural and it was against God and what he believed in. John Brown fought in what was called “Bloody Kansas” so he could make sure that Kansas didn’t enter as a slave state. Brown didn’t enjoy killing and did for the generations of Black people in the future, he did not agree with slavery and did all it took for it to go away, even if that meant dying for it. John Brown went to trial and was executed on December 2,1859.