John Brown was "Isaac Smith," a cattle buyer from ... In the 1880s, Frederick Douglass raised money to place a granite memorial at the site. In 1892 it was dismantled brick by brick and ...
During his memorial service, John Brown stood and made a vow to end slavery. 1842 September 28, 1842: A federal court decides John Brown's bankruptcy case. Creditors took all but the essentials on ...
John Brown was born in Torrington, Connecticut, in 1800. He would spend the next fifty-nine years moving about the country, settling in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, and New York, and ...