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When Brown was 12 he witnessed a little boy being beaten. He didn't like seeing it and he wanted to do something about it.
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http://hd.housedivided.dickinson.edu/node/11740John Brown married 16-year-old Mary Ann Day
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Two of John Brown's sons were captured by Henry C Pate. The five hour battle went on in John's favor and Pate and his 22 followers wer captured by Brown and held for ransom. He said if Pate let his two sons go he would release them
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Brown and three of his soldiers arrive in Harper's Ferry, Virginia to scout out the federal arsenal for his planned attack.
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http://www.civilwar.org/150th-anniversary/john-browns-harpers-ferry.htmlBrown leads 21 men on an attack on the armory at Harper's Ferry.
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On this day John got hung for the things he believed in, getting enslaved people to freedom
