John Brown's Abolition Of Slavery In The United States

John Brown Born May 9, 1800 in Torrington, CT, to the late Owen Brown and Ruth Mills. John married twice the first wife Dianthe Lusk, they produce seven children she died in 1820. John second wife Mary Ann Day, and hey produce 13 children and only six of them lived to see their adulthood. John believed that slavery was a disgrace, and violence was meant to end slavery. At the age of 12 John was traveling through Michigan where he seen an African American boy being beaten. Years of work in the Ministry, John decided to grow up and be just like his father an Ardent Abolitionist. Which means a person who support the abolition of slavery in the United States. From the 1820’s to the 1850’s moved around very often, but was having a lot of financial
difficulties. He was also supported the Underground Railroad, he gave land to the free African Americans and he eventually established the League of Gileadites. In 1855 Brown and 5 of his sons moved to Kansas. In 1854 with the passing of the Kansas- Nebraska act, there was a conflict whether Kansas should be free or a slave state. Because Brown believed that violent means to end slavery in 1856 him and many other men killed 5 pro-slavery settlers in Pottawatomie Creek. December 2, 1859 John Brown was executed.