John Brown

CTL-E-1586 · Person · activist · 1850s

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Militant abolitionist; met Harriet Tubman in 1858, called her “General Tubman,” and drew on her counsel in planning the Harper’s Ferry raid.

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Also known as: John Brown (abolitionist)

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