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I was a child. I had no idea who John Brown was. But since that time, I have discovered who John Brown was. I learned that he was a hero. And as an adult, I realized that heroes always had enemies.
A print of the last moments in the life of abolitionist John Brown, portrayed leaving jail on the morning of his execution in Charles Town, Va. Under heavy guard, he pauses to kiss a child ...
The fact that he was a child just seemed appropriate ‘cause he’s really an old man looking back in 1941, ... John Brown is described as both madman and saint in your book.
John Brown Farm State Historic Site in North Elba, N.Y. A statue of abolitionist John Brown and an African American child at John Brown Farm in North Elba, Essex County. A statue of abolitionist ...
John Brown was a man of action -- a man who would not be deterred from his mission of abolishing slavery. On October 16, 1859, he led 21 men on a raid of the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry ...
The story of abolitionist John Brown, who led the 1859 insurrection at Harpers Ferry, has been both condemned and celebrated in history books and novels for years. In "The Mapmaker's Children ...