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	John Brown (abolitionist) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		John Brown (May 9, 1800 – December 2, 1859) was an American abolitionist, the first white abolitionist to advocate and to practice guerrilla warfare as a means to the abolition of slavery.
		Brown was charged with murdering four whites and a fl, with conspiring with slaves to rebel, and with treason against Virginia.
		John Brown is buried on the John Brown Farm in North Elba, New York, south of Lake Placid, near Saranac Lake.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/John_Brown_(abolitionist) (5305 words)

	John Brown (servant) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		John Brown (December 8, 1826 - March 27, 1883) was born in Crathie, Scotland, and went to work as an outdoor servant (in Scots ghillie or gillie) at Balmoral Castle when Queen Victoria and Prince Albert built it (1853-1855).
		After Albert died in 1861, Brown became Victoria's personal servant, and she was so grateful for his service (and his manner toward her, which was much less formal than that of her other servants) that she awarded him medals and had portrait paintings and statues made of him.
		John Brown is also credited with inventing a cocktail made up of equal parts of claret wine and Scotch whisky, which was said to be Victoria's favourite tipple.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/John_Brown_(servant) (649 words)

	John Brown
		John Brown was a man of action -- a man who would not be deterred from his mission of abolishing slavery.
		John Brown was born into a deeply religious family in Torrington, Connecticut, in 1800.
		John Brown was hanged on December 2, 1859.
	www.pbs.org /wgbh/aia/part4/4p1550.html (640 words)

	The Underground Railroad Site - John Brown (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		John Brown was an American abolitionist, born in Connecticut and raised in Ohio.
		Brown planned the takeover as the first step in his liberation of the slaves, but it was taken the next morning by Robert E. Lee.
		At the end of Book One, John Brown appears in court, on trial for the crime of treason - "an enemy of Virginia, an enemy of the Union, a foe of the human race." In this excerpt, Benét reprints Brown's speech to the court.
	education.ucdavis.edu /NEW/STC/lesson/socstud/railroad/Brown.htm (190 words)

	The History of John Brown (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		John Brown was born on May 9, 1800 in Torrington, Connecticut.
		John Brown soon realized the impossibility of his task and abandoned "Timbucto" to follow the abolitionist movement in Kansas where five of his sons were already stationed.
		After John Brown was hung in Charleston on Dec.2, 1859, his body was returned to the Adirondacks to be interred on the Brown farm according to his wishes.
	afgen.com /john_brown1.html (427 words)

	John Brown - MSN Encarta
		John Brown (abolitionist) (1800-1859), called Old Brown of Osawatomie, American abolitionist, whose attempt to end slavery by force greatly increased tension between North and South in the period before the American Civil War.
		Under Brown's leadership, his sons became active participants in the fight against proslavery terrorists from Missouri, whose activities led to the murder of a number of abolitionists at Lawrence, Kansas.
		Ten of Brown's men, including two of his sons, were killed in the ensuing battle, and he was wounded and forced to capitulate.
	encarta.msn.com /encnet/refpages/RefArticle.aspx?refid=761568872 (521 words)

	John Brown: Madman or Martyr? -- Brown Quarterly -- v. 3, no. 3 -- Winter 2000
		While John Brown himself was an ardent abolitionist all of his life, active in both the underground railway and other abolitionist activities, he didn't become well known nationally until he moved to Kansas in 1855.
		On the night of May 24, 1856, John Brown together with a small group of armed men, made up mostly of his sons and son-in-law, took five pro-slavery men from their houses and killed them in what is known as the Pottawatomie Massacre.
		Image 1: This famous mural of John Brown by John Stewart Curry is located on the second floor of the state capitol of Kansas.
	brownvboard.org /brwnqurt/03-3/03-3a.htm (1555 words)

	John Brown Biography Page
		Born in Torrington, Connecticut on May 9, 1800, John Brown was the son of a wandering New Englander.
		Brown spent much of his youth in Ohio, where he was taught in local schools to resent compulsory education and by his parents to revere the Bible and hate slavery.
		By the time he was 50, Brown was entranced by visions of slave uprisings, during which racists paid horribly for their sins, and he came to regard himself as commissioned by God to make that vision a reality.
	www.civilwarhome.com /johnbrownbio.htm (556 words)

	John Brown's Raid
		In the meantime Brown halted, for a time, an eastbound passenger train on the Baltimore and Ohio, one of his men killing the railroad guard at the bridge; he also captured, as they appeared on the streets in the early morning, some 40 citizens of Harper's Ferry, whom he confined, with Messrs.
		Brown then withdrew his men into the gate house, which he proceeded to loophole and fortify, taking with him ten of the most prominent of his Virginia and Maryland captives, which he termed "hostages," to insure the safety of his band.
		On the day of Brown's execution, bells were tolled and minute guns fired in many places in the North, and church services and public meetings were held for the purpose of glorifying his deeds and sanctifying the cause he represented, recognizing in him a martyr to the teachings of the abolitionists.
	www.civilwarhome.com /johnbrown.htm (1866 words)

	John Brown
		John Brown was the acknowledged planner and leader of the attack on the Gaspee in 1772.
		Brown immediately resolved on her destruction and he forthwith directed one of his trusty shipmasters to collect eight of the largest longboats in the harbor, with five oars to each, to have the oars and rowlocks muffled to prevent noise and to place them at Fenner's Wharf, directly opposite the dwelling of Mr.
		John Brown was a chief instigator and the overall leader of the attack on the HMS Gaspee in 1772, for which the Gaspee Days Committee recognizes him as a true American patriot.
	www.gaspee.org /JohnBrown.htm (4568 words)

	Re-evaluating John Brown's Raid at Harpers Ferry
		Brown's role in Kansas proves that as a tactician he was clever and thorough and that he had little of the martyr instinct to die for a cause.
		John Brown realized that little money would be sent to him on the basis of the campaign in Kansas, and he felt that he would have to reveal at least some of his raid plans if he hoped to get the amount he needed.
		Brown felt that bloodshed over slavery was inevitable, and he was determined to organize or coordinate a slave rebellion in such a way that the killing was held to a minimum.
	www.wvculture.org /history/jb11.html (15435 words)

	John Brown and the Harpers Ferry Raid
		John Brown was born in Connecticut in 1800 and became interested in the abolitionist movement around 1835.
		Brown was taken to the Jefferson County seat of Charles Town for trial.
		John Brown became their martyr, a hero murdered for his belief that slavery should be abolished.
	www.wvculture.org /history/jnobrown.html (1089 words)

	John Brown - People of Connecticut
		Brown actually purchased some of this land himself so that he could be there to work with the homesteaders.
		John Brown developed a plan to capture the arsenal, and late on October 16, 1859, he and his band of recruits, including two of his sons, put their plan into action.
		John Brown went to trial, and was sentenced to die.
	www.netstate.com /states/peop/people/ct_jb.htm (987 words)

	John Brown Farm, North Elba, New York - New York History Net
		Brown actually spent little time at the farm, as his attentions were soon distracted by the conflict that had broken out in Kansas, between pro- and anti-slavery forces.
		The tombstone of Brown's ancestor, also named Capt. John Brown was inscribed with his name, as well as those of his sons who died at Harper's Ferry.
		Plaques were added, memorializing Brown and his men, and the women of the Brown family, for their sacrifices in the cause of freedom.
	www.nyhistory.com /gerritsmith/nelba.htm (461 words)

	John Brown
		John's father was staunchly anti-slavery and was a voluntary agent for the Underground Railroad.
		Brown and six men barricaded themselves in an engine-house, and continued to fight until Brown was seriously wounded and two of his sons had been killed.
		Brown cautiously approached the subject which he wished to bring to my attention; for he seemed to apprehend opposition to his views.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /USASbrown.htm (2879 words)

	Harpers Ferry NHP History and Stories (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		John Brown believed he could free the slaves, and he selected Harpers Ferry as his starting point.
		Brought to trial at nearby Charles Town, Brown was found guilty of treason, of conspiring with slaves to rebel, and murder.
		John Brown's short-lived raid failed, but his trial and execution focused the nation's attention on the moral issue of slavery and headed the country toward civil war.
	www.nps.gov /hafe/history.htm (1209 words)

	John Brown (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Brown was one of the most militant of the abolitionists.
		After the city of Lawrence was attacked by proslavery forces in 1856, Brown led a counterattack on the small village on the Pottawatomie Creek.
		Brown announced in Chatham, Ontario, that he was setting up an anti-slavery stronghold in the mountains of Virginia and Maryland, from which attacks against selected targets in the southern United States could be conducted.
	www.nps.gov /boaf/johnbrown.htm (202 words)

	JB5 / The John Brown Quintet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The John Brown Quintet is available in the United States and abroad for performances at large and small venues, artistic and educational residencies, tours, festivals and special private events.
		The John Brown Quintet is committed to jazz education.
		John and the quintet are available for workshops on specific music concepts, master classes on instruments, clinics with small and large ensembles and joint performances with students and colleagues.
	www.johnbrown.us (201 words)

	John Brown and the Pottawatomie Killings (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		While members of the rifle company, including four of Brown's sons, asserted that their Captain did not commit any of the actual murders himself, he was the undisputed leader and made the decisions as to who should be spared.
		While neither John Brown nor any members of his company were apprehended for their involvement at Pottawatomie, his two eldest sons-- who were with their own rifle company near Lawrence at the time of the murders-- were seized by mobs and nearly lynched.
		Brown himself is reputed to have acted evasively whenever asked about the incident, and never admitted his direct responsibility.
	xroads.virginia.edu /~HYPER/CONTEXTS/Kansas/jbrown.html (532 words)

	John Brown and Kent
		John was born in Torrington, Connecticut on May 9, 1800 and moved to the Western Reserve with his family in 1805.
		In any case, John Brown believed that real estate in Franklin Mills was going to be extremely valuable, and that by investing early, he would end up a wealthy man. Brown borrowed large sums of money, bought over 95 acres of land, and waited for his investment to pay off.
		Brown was captured, put on trial, and condemned to death for his actions.
	www.geocities.com /Heartland/Park/9580/brown.html (796 words)

	John Brown
		Since his early childhood in Ohio, Brown had taken to heart the doctrine that all of "God's" creations should be free.
		After the sacking of Lawrence by pro-slavery forces, Brown and seven of his followers set out to seek revenge and on May 24 they brutally murdered and mutilated five pro-slavery men near Dutch Henry's Crossing on Pottawatomie Creek in Franklin County.
		Brown was tried for treason and executed by hanging on December 2, 1859.
	www.kshs.org /portraits/brown_john.htm (258 words)

	John Brown, American abolitionist
		In the resulting battle, 10 of Brown's men were killed, and Brown himself was wounded.
		His dignified conduct and the sincerity of his calm defense during the trial won him sympathy in the North and led him to be widely regarded as a martyr.
		John Brown, James Redpath, and the idea of revolution.
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/people/A0809136.html (582 words)

	John Brown by Augustus Washington
		This daguerreotype, probably made in 1846 or 1847, is the earliest known portrait of the insurgent abolitionist John Brown.
		Born in Trenton, New Jersey, he vowed while still a teenager to “become a scholar, a teacher, and a useful man.” He took up the camera to help pay his bills while studying at Dartmouth College and taught at a school for fl students in Hartford, Connecticut, before establishing a daguerrean studio in that city.
		Both Brown and Washington were deeply committed to the abolition of slavery, but in time Washington came to believe that emancipation alone would not remove the long-standing barriers to opportunity that kept many African Americans from improving their lives and economic circumstances.
	www.civilwar.si.edu /slavery_brown1.html (174 words)

	John Brown Sources
		Jeremiah Goldsmith Anderson, 306; Osborn Perry Anderson, 272; Oliver Brown, 53; Owen Brown, 555; Watson Brown, 303; John E. Cook, 275; John Anthony Copeland, Jr.
		Mary Ann Brown and daughters, 4; John Brown, Jr.
		, 5; Oliver and Martha Brown, 20; Annie Brown, 21; Owen Brown, 26; Watson Brown, 36.
	www3.iath.virginia.edu /jbrown/sources.html (433 words)

	Sculpture by John Brown for the garden office and home
		John Brown creates garden sculptures and interior sculptures, as well as those designed specially for corporate and private clients.
		He aims with his sculptures to provoke thought and discussion as well as visual impact.
		It includes stone carvings usually in limestone and sandstone and limited editions in traditional foundry cast materials such as bronze or aluminium, or in cast resin metals.
	www.johnbrown-sculptor.co.uk (85 words)

	Appalachian Scribe (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The War on Drugs has been a massive failure, and it is time to ignore the bureaucrats and pull the plug.
		Nutcases Among Us The Alabama Democrats have done the right thing, informing Holocaust denier Larry Darby he is not welcome in their party.
		Second, John Burgess directs us to this editorial by British MP and moderate Muslim Shahid Malik which is succinctly titled "If you want sharia law, you should go and live in Saudi." It's a very good read!
	johnnorrisbrown.com /blog (2451 words)

	John George Brown Online
		John George Brown at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City
		John George Brown at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington D.C. Terra Foundation for the Arts, Chicago
		All images and text on this John George Brown page are copyright 1999-2005 by John Malyon/Artcyclopedia, unless otherwise noted.
	www.artcyclopedia.com /artists/brown_john_george.html (217 words)

	John Seely Brown: Chief of Confusion
		John Hagel and John Seely Brown: Friction can be Good
		John Seely Brown and Paul Duguid, Harvard Business School Press, February 2000 (translated into nine languages).
		John spoke on this topic at a symposium called "Storytelling: Passport to the 21st Century," arranged by the Smithsonian.
	www.johnseelybrown.com (1386 words)

	John H. Brown \| USC Center on Public Diplomacy \| Center Bios
		John Brown is currently associated with the Institute for the Study of Diplomacy at Georgetown University, where he has taught courses about public diplomacy.
		Brown, who received a Ph.D. in Russian History from Princeton University in 1977, was a member of the U.S. Foreign Service from 1981 until March 10, 2003 and has served in London, Prague, Krakow, Kiev, Belgrade and Moscow.
		He is co-author (with S. Grant) of The Russian Empire and the Soviet Union: A Guide to Archival and Manuscript Materials in the United States.
	uscpublicdiplomacy.com /index.php/about/bio_detail/john_brown (187 words)

	Brown Bros. Racing
		John Brown and the #52 crew picked up their first feature win of the season at I-77 Speedway on Saturday, April 22, 2006 and continued their winning streak on Sunday, April 23, 2006 at Skyline Speedway.
		John and the #52 crew picked up their 3rd feature win of the 2006 season at Skyline Speedway on Friday, June 9, 2006.
		Special thanks to Skyline Speedway, Ohio Valley Speedway and Spencer-Studios for allowing us to use photos from their websites.
	www.brownbrosracing.com (86 words)

	John Norris Brown.com
		John Brown's take on life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
		Welcome to the personal web site of John Norris Brown, a graduate student in political science at the Appalachian State University in Boone, NC, a University of Tennessee alumni, as well as conservative commentator and writer.
		Be sure to make yourself at home and take a look around.
	johnnorrisbrown.com (85 words)

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