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John Brown was vorn in Torrington, Connecticut.
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Brown family moved to Ohio.
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The Liberator (1831-1865) was an abolitionist newspaper founded by William Lloyd Garrison in 1831. Garrison published weekly issues of The Liberator from Boston continuously for 35 years, from January 1, 1831, to the final issue of January 1, 1866. Although its circulation was only about 3,000, and three-quarters of subscribers were African Americans in 1834,[1] the newspaper earned nationwide notoriety for its uncompromising advocacy of "immediate and complete emancipation of all slaves" in the
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Met with Frederick Douglas to discuss the end of slavery. Douglass did not agree with all of John Brown's ideas.
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Fugitive Slave ActFugitive Slave Act instituted.
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John Brown rents the Kennedy farmhouse where he and his men will finalize the plans for his raid.
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John Brown and approximately twenty others capture the US Armory at Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. They planned to steal the weapons and arm the slaves to free them.
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The raid on the armory was discovered. John Brown and his men were surrounded.
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The local militia storm the Engine House killing some and wounding John Brown.
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John Brown attended his trial by being brought in on a stretcher. He is convicted of treason and sentenced to death by hanging.
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John Brown is hanged.
