John Brown Execution
Dec. 22, 2024
The last moments of John Brown (leaving the jail on the morning of his execution) / Hovenden N.A. 1885, painter & etcher. - digital file from original print | Library of Congress Dec. 2, 1859: John Brown Executed - Zinn Education Project Execution of John Brown. John Brown (1800-1859), a white abolitionist, attempted to start an armed slave revolt by seizing a military arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia in 1859. He was defeated by John Brown Execution