Portrait of John Brown, American abolitionist

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unknown

Format:

Still image

Genre:

postcards

Extent / Dimensions:

05.74 x 03.81 inches

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Description / Abstract:

Recto: Taken from original photograph of John Brown; Verso: Post card, John Brown. John Brown was born May 9, 1800, at Torrington, Conn., of poor and hard working parents. On his father's side he was a descendant of one of the Mayflower passengers of 1620. His grandfathers served in the Revolutionary war. When he was twelve during the war of 1812, he helped his father to collect and furnish the American troops with beef cattle. At this early stage in his life, on his buying and collecting trips through Ohio, he began to note the effects and wrongs of slavery. John Brown's sister lived near Osawatomie, Kansas. that relationship started John to Kansas. Here he became Capt. John Brown of Osawatomie, John the Outlaw, the Warrior, the Soldier of Freedom. John Brown was hun for his failure at Harper's Ferry, Dec. 2, 1859. Address, Stamp here