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After a week long trial, Brown was found guilty and received the death penalty.
John Brown was born in Torrington, Connecticut in 1800. He attended many different schools in the North.
Fight Slavery! We must end slavery and free the Slaves!
Brown was able to gain a small group of loyal supporters that became his militia. This group would assist Brown in the murder of 5 pro-slavery settlers in Franklin County in 1856.
By the morning, the Armory was surrounded by US Marines. In total, 10 of the men were killed, 5 escaped, and 7, including Brown, were captured.
Brown led an attack on Harpers Ferry Armory in 1859 with 21 of his militia members.
Brown was publicly hanged on December 2nd in Jefferson County, Virginia. He was 59 years old.
John Brown became a martyr for the abolitionist movement.
¨John Brown will make the gallows glorious like the Cross¨-Ralph Waldo Emerson
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