LIFE IN ANTEBELLUM AMERICA 1807 1861
ABOLITIONIST MOVEMENT IMPORTANT FIGURES IN THE FIGHT TO END SLAVERY
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John Brown
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Harriet Tubman
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Octavius Catto
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Sojourner Truth
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Detailed explanation-1: -Brown also left a note, his final written words: “I John Brown am now quite certain that the crimes of this guilty land will never be purged away, but with Blood.
Detailed explanation-2: -“When I strike, the bees will begin to swarm, and I want you to help hive them.”-John Brown’s words to Frederick Douglass before Brown’s raid on Harpers Ferry in October, 1859.
Detailed explanation-3: -He was dissatisfied with abolitionist pacifism, saying of pacifists, “These men are all talk. What we need is action – action!". In May 1856, Brown and his sons killed five supporters of slavery in the Pottawatomie massacre, a response to the sacking of Lawrence by pro-slavery forces.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Brown Brothers. John Brown was the second youngest of the five Brown brothers, which included James, Nicholas, Joseph and Moses. James died young at age 26, but the other four lived full lives. In fact, Moses was 98 when he died.