John Brown

Character Key: 
Display Name: 
John Brown
Sort Name: 
Brown, John
Race: 
White
Gender: 
Male
Class: 
Middle Class
Rank: 
Peripheral
Vitality: 
Dead
Occupation: 
Other
Specific Job: 
Abolitionist
Date of Birth: 
Friday, May 9, 1800
Origin: 
Connecticut
Cause of Death: 
Executed
Biography: 

John Brown's violent form of abolitionism, especially the assault he launched on the arsenal at Harper's Ferry, Virginia, as part of a plan to foment a slave rebellion, is often cited as a cause of the Civil War.

Ontological Status: 
Historical/Real
Individual or Group: 
Individual
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