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1. John Brown

5. This is John Brown.
Was he a crazy terrorist?

6. This is John Brown.
Was he a crazy terrorist?
Was he a freedom fighter?

8. He was born in this house in the the town of Torrington, Connecticut, in 1800.

10. John Brown's father, Owen Brown, was a serious and very religious man.
Owen Brown was an abolitionist.
Owen Brown
(John Brown's father)

11. Owen Brown
(John Brown's father)
John Brown's father, Owen Brown, was a serious and very religious man.
Owen Brown was an abolitionist. a person who wans slaves free.

12. Owen Brown
(John Brown's father)
a person who wans slaves free.
John Brown's father, Owen Brown, was a serious and very religious man.
Owen Brown was an abolitionist.
John Brown learned from his father that slavery was wrong.

13. When he was around 12 years old,
John Brown went on a business trip for his father.
On the trip, young John Brown witnessed a master beating a slave.

14. When he was around 12 years old,
John Brown went on a business trip for his father.
On the trip, young John Brown witnessed a master beating a slave.

15. When he was around 12 years old,
John Brown went on a business trip for his father.
On the trip, young John Brown witnessed a master beating a slave.
John Brown was upset and never forgot seeing that.
He knew slavery must stop.

16. John Brown learned to become a tanner from his father.
Tanners make leather from from animal skins.

17. John Brown learned to become a tanner from his father.
Tanners make leather from from animal skins.
John Brown had many jobs when he was an adult. He was a tanner and he sold sheep
and wool. He made many bad business decisions and was poor most of his life.

18. John Brown married when he was 20 years old.
He and his wife had a big family.
He was a loving but very strict father.

19. John Brown had hard times.
Many times, he became broke.
Some of his children died, then his wife died.

20. He married again.
John Brown had twenty children.
Eleven grew up and became adults.
Mary Ann Daly Brown was John Brown's second wife.
Here she is with two of their daughters.

21. John Brown worked with the Underground Railroad.
When enslaved people freed themselves, John Brown helped them escape.

22. John Brown worked with the Underground Railroad.
When enslaved people freed themselves, John Brown helped them escape.
"Railroad" means train. The Underground Railroad was not a real train.
It was a large group of people working secretly, making enslaved people free
.

23. John Brown focused his life on one purpose: abolishing slavery.
stopping

24. John Brown focused his life on one purpose: abolishing slavery.
“Here, before God, in the
presence of witnesses,
from this time,
I consecrate my life to the
destruction of slavery!”
*

25. John Brown said this in 1837
after slave supporters killed
abolitionist newspaper
publisher Elijah Lovejoy.
* promise
John Brown focused his life on one purpose: abolishing slavery.
“Here, before God, in the
presence of witnesses,
from this time,
I consecrate my life to the
destruction of slavery!”
*

26. Frederick Douglas was a famous abolitionist. He freed himself when he was 20.

27. Frederick Douglas was a famous abolitionist. He freed himself when he was 20.
John Brown heard Frederick Douglass make speeches.
He invited Douglass to his home for dinner.

28. Frederick Douglas was a famous abolitionist. He freed himself when he was 20.
John Brown heard Frederick Douglass make speeches.
He invited Douglass to his home for dinner.
He is in sympathy with the black man
and deeply interested in our cause.
He thought that he had no better use
for his life than to lay it down in the
cause of the slave.

29. In 1848, Brown moved his family to the country in New York state.
He wanted to live in a small town where free African Americans lived.
The Brown family farm in New Elba, New York.
Brown hired free African Americans to work on the farm.
He invited an escaping slave to hide in his home.

30. John Brown helped to resist the capture of any fugitive slave
John Brown believed African Americans
must have protection.
Why?

31. The US Congress passed a law called the
Fugitive Slave Act.
Many African Americans were afraid
about being kidnapped and becoming
slaves.
John Brown believed African Americans
must have protection.
Why?

32. Many Americans moved west to buy cheap farm land.

33. Many Americans moved west to Kansas territory.

34. Many Americans moved west to Kansas territory.
Soon, Kansas would become a new state.

35. Many Americans moved west to Kansas territory.
Soon, Kansas would become a new state.
People would vote: Kansas would be a state for free people

36. Many Americans moved west to Kansas territory.
Soon, Kansas would become a new state.
People would vote: Kansas would be a state for free people
or
a state permitting slavery.

41. Free Staters Pro-Slavery

42. People in Kansas were fighting each other about freedom and slavery.

43. People in Kansas were fighting each other about freedom and slavery.
We want to bring slaves to Kansas!

44. People in Kansas were fighting each other about freedom and slavery.
We want Kansas to be free!
We want to bring slaves to Kansas!

45. People in Kansas were fighting each other about freedom and slavery.

46. People in Kansas were fighting each other about freedom and slavery.
We want Kansas to be free!
We want to bring slaves to Kansas!

47. This time was called
“Bleeding Kansas.”
In 1856, in the city of Lawrence, Kansas, proslavery supporters
burned abolitionist homes and newspaper offices.
People in Kansas were fighting each other about freedom and slavery.

48. People fought about slavery in the Capitol building, too, in Washington, D.C.

49. People fought about slavery in the Capitol building, too, in Washington, D.C.

50. People fought about slavery in the Capitol building, too, in Washington, D.C..
Abolitionist Senator
Charles Sumner
of Massachusetts
Proslavery Representative
Preston Brooks
of South Carolina

51. John Brown was angry about the fighting in the Capitol.
He was angry about the fighting in Kansas.
He and his sons went to Kansas to fight.

52. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4h2954b.html
I will die fighting for this cause.
There will be no peace in this
land until slavery is done for.
John Brown wrote these words in a letter:

53. How can we stop slavery?
We must start a war!

54. Brown met Harriet Tubman.
He respected her and called her “General Tubman.”
He told Harriet Tubman about his idea for a war.
She agreed to help him fight.
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55. Brown met Harriet Tubman.
He respected her and called her “General Tubman.”
He told Harriet Tubman about his idea for a war.
She agreed to help him fight.
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I will help.

56. John Brown traveled in USA and
Canada. He made speeches.

57. John Brown traveled in USA and
Canada. He made speeches.
How can we stop slavery?
We must start a war!
A war is the only way!

58. John Brown traveled in USA and
Canada. He made speeches.
Rich abolitionists gave him money.
How can we stop slavery?
We must start a war!
A war is the only way!

59. Why did John Brown need money to stop slavery?

61. This is a pike.

63. John Brown paid for 1,000 pikes in 1858.
He also bought 200 rifles.

64. 1. Go to Harpers Ferry, Virginia, where the army had a lot of weapons.
2. Steal guns from the US army’s armory.*
3. Give the guns to enslaved people to fight a war for freedom.
His plan:

65. 1. Go to Harpers Ferry, Virginia, where the army had a lot of weapons.
2. Steal guns from the US army’s armory.*
3. Give the guns to enslaved people to fight a war for freedom.
His plan:
*armory: place for weapons

67. In the summer 1859, John Brown went to Virginia to start the war.

68. John Brown met his friend, Frederick Douglas.
Brown tried very hard to convince Douglas to join his war.

69. John Brown met his friend, Frederick Douglas.
Brown tried very hard to convince Douglas to join his war.
Please help us fight this war!

70. Please help us fight this war!
I cannot help you.
Your plan is suicide!
John Brown met his friend, Frederick Douglas.
Brown tried very hard to convince Douglas to join his war.

71. John Brown was going into a perfect steel
trap. Once in he would never get out alive.

72. Harriet Tubman was sick

73. Harriet Tubman was sick and did not help.

75. Brown expected a lot men to join his war,
but only 21 men came to Harper's Ferry.

76. The 21 men who joined John Brown's army at Harpers Ferry were
African American and white,
rich and poor,
born free and born in slavery,
college students and
three of John Brown’s sons.

77. Shields Green Dangerfield Newby Lewis Leary Osborne Anderson John Copeland
John H. Kagi Watson Brown Oliver Brown Owen Brown Aaron Stevens

78. Edwin Coppoc Barclay Coppoc Francis J. Merriam Charles
Tidd
These men were rich abolitionists.

79. Owen Brown Oliver Brown Watson Brown
These men were John Brown's sons.

80. Shields Green Dangerfield Newby John Copeland, Jr.
Osborne Perry Lewis Sheridan Leary
These men were African Americans.

81. A View of Harpers Ferry

82. A View of Harpers Ferry

83. A View of Harpers Ferry Today

84. http://www.historyofwar.org/Maps/century_1_115_harpers_ferry.gif
1. Go to Harpers Ferry, Virginia, where the army had thousands of guns.
2. Capture weapons from the army’s rifle factories.
3. Get support from Virginia slaves to fight slavery.

85. On Sunday, October 16, 1859, John Brown with a company of 21 men, white and black, marched on Harpers Ferry.

87. John Brown and the men tried to steal a lot of guns.
There was fighting all night.
The military came to stop John Brown's war.

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John Brown held Harpers Ferry for 12 hours. His defeat was a few hours off.

90. The U.S. Marines came to Harpers Ferry.
They ordered John Brown to surrender, but he refused.

91. I prefer to die here.

92. John Brown’s Day of Reckoning
John Brown and many of his followers waited in a fire engine house for reinforcement by
a swarm of ‘bees’–slaves from surrounding area. But only a handful showed up.

93. ?
The marines broke down the doors

94. The marines broke down the doors and captured John Brown.

97. Most of John Brown's men died in the fighting.
A few escaped.

98. Shields Green Edwin Coppock John Copeland
Most of John Brown's men died in the fighting.
A few escaped.
These men were captured and tried in court.

99. Shields Green Edwin Coppock John Copeland
Most of John Brown's men died in the fighting.
A few escaped.
These men were captured and tried in court.

100. Shields Green Edwin Coppock John Copeland John Brown
Most of John Brown's men died in the fighting.
A few escaped.
These men were captured and tried in court.

101. John Brown was hurt in the fight. He came to court in a bed.

102. John Brown was hurt in the fight. He came to court in a bed.

103. John Brown was hurt in the fight. He came to court in a bed.

104. John Brown was hurt in the fight. He came to court in a bed.

105. John Brown was hurt in the fight. He came to court in a bed.

106. He made speeches in court. He said that slavery was wrong.

107. He made speeches in court. He said that slavery was wrong.

108. The police carried him from prison to the courthouse.

109. John Brown wrote a lot of letters from jail.
Americans all over the country read about him in the newspaper.

110. In December, 1859, the trial ended.
The jury said,

111. In December, 1859, the trial ended.
The jury said, "John Brown is guilty of murder."
The punishment:

112. In December, 1859, the trial ended.
The jury said, "John Brown is guilty of murder."
The punishment: death by hanging.

113. In December, 1859, the trial ended.
The jury said, "John Brown is guilty of murder."
The punishment: death by hanging.

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117. John Brown's Day of Reckoning
Brown said, "Don't keep me waiting...Be quick."

119. John Brown was found “Guilty of treason and
murder in the 1st degree” and was hanged in
Charles Town, Virginia on December 2, 1859.

120. French artist and writer Victor Hugo drew this picture in 1860
in memory of John Brown.
Europeans were disappointed Americans executed a man
whose goal was freeing slaves.

121. “I could live for the slave, but
he could die for him.”

122. John Brown’s grave in North Elba, New York

123. TIMELINE of JOHN BROWN'S LIFE
1800 --John Brown was born. His father, Owen Brown, was a religious abolitionist.
1812 --John Brown was 12. He was upset when he saw a master beat a slave boy.
1820 --He married Dianthe. They had 7 children.
1832 --Dianthe died.
1833--John Brown married Mary Daly. They had 13 more children.
1837--He promised, "I consecrate my life to the destruction of slavery" when proslavery men killed
an abolitionist newspaper printer.
1847 --John Brown met Frederick Douglass.
1850 --US Congress passed a law, the Fugitive Slave Act. Policemen were permitted to enslave
people who escaped slavery.
1856 --John Brown and his sons fought for Kansas to become a free state.
1857-1858 --Brown made speeches and asked rich people for money. He paid for weapons to start a
war to free slaves.
1859 --In October, the army captured Brown and his men stealing military weapons in Harper's Ferry.
1859 --In December, the court said John Brown was guilty. The court punished him with death.
1861--Southern states who wanted slave laws seceded (quit) the USA. The Civil War began in April.

124. What was John Brown? Was he a terrorist? Was he a freedom fighter?
What do you think?
Write a paragraph.
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a terrorist? a freedom fighter?

125. Answer each question with a sentence. Put all the sentences in a paragraph.
1. How did John Brown get the idea that slavery was wrong? (Look at #12 and #15.)
2. What does "abolitionist" mean?
3 Two famous people were friends of John Brown. Who were they? (Look at #28 and #55.)
4. Why did John Brown want to steal guns from the US army?
5. How did John Brown get money? (Look at #58.)
6. When did John Brown start his war? Wherer? Who joined his army? (Look at #76.)
7. How did the court punish John Brown?
8. John Brown: Was he a terrorist? Was he a freedom fighter? Choose one. Write two
sentences. Use reasons.
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a terrorist? a freedom fighter?