Tragicprelude

John Brown

By Kaylz

  • John Brown's Birth

    John Brown's Birth
    John Brown was born on May 9, 1800, in Torrington, Connceticut. He was born to an abolotionist father, who instilled in him early-on that slavery was wrong.

  • John Brown; Early Abolitionist

    John Brown; Early Abolitionist
    In 1812 (exact date unknown, therefore set as Jan. 1) John witnessed a slav being beaten. This only helped to reinforce what his father had taught him.

  • John Brown Meets Fredrick Douglass

    John Brown Meets Fredrick Douglass
    They met in Springfield, Massachusetts. Fredrick Douglass later stated that Brown was a good man who was, in sympathy, a black man. This meeting was where Brown first made and voiced plans of a slave revolt. The exact date is unknown, and is therefore placed at the beginning of the year in 1847.

  • Brown's Move

    Brown's Move
    He moved to North Elba, a black community in New York. He even decided to set up a farm to help the little struggling community, in hopes of helping to lead them to better times

  • The 'League of Gileadites'

    The 'League of Gileadites'
    John Brown was an avid supproter of abolition. And so, he took it as his duty to help escaped slaves stay free. The League was set up just for that purpose.

  • Cutting Up the Neighbors/ Pottawatomie Massacre

    Cutting Up the Neighbors/ Pottawatomie Massacre
    John Brown and some of his sons killed some southern men. These men didn't own any slaves, but they did supportslavery.
    It later became known as the Pottawatomie Massacre.

  • Raid on Haper's Ferry

    Raid on Haper's Ferry
    John Brown and 21 other men went and captured Harper's Ferry. 5 black men and 16 white men were involved in the attck. They had hopes of leading a slave revolt. He and his men were defeated by Robert Lee.

  • Lee Captures Brown

    Lee Captures Brown
    O that day, Lee captured and wounded Brown. He improsoned and held him until the 26, his trial date. Fun Fact: Lee wounded Brown with a....... sword.

  • Brown's Trial

    Brown's Trial
    This was the date for Brown's trial 9regarding his involvement in the Harper Ferry Raid). Five days later, Brown was found guilty by the jury, against the Commonwealth of Virginia.

  • John Brown's Executuion

    John Brown's Executuion
    John Brown was executed as result of his raid on Harper's Ferry, and his 'attempt of a slave revolt'. He was killed on the account of Treason.