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John Brown and His American Reformers

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Hero, martyr, madman, murderer… All these words describe John Brown. An anti-slavery zealot distinguished by his fearlessness, he conceived a plan to seize the arsenal at Harper's Ferry, Kansas, free the blacks in the region, and retreat to a stronghold …

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Hero, martyr, madman, murderer… All these words describe John Brown. An anti-slavery zealot distinguished by his fearlessness, he conceived a plan to seize the arsenal at Harper's Ferry, Kansas, free the blacks in the region, and retreat to a stronghold in the mountains. It was brilliant in its audacity, and doomed from the start. Some historians believe his execution set off a chain of events that led to the Civil War.

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"Hero, martyr, madman, murderer… All these words describe John Brown. An anti-slavery zealot distinguished by his fearlessness, he conceived a plan to seize the arsenal at Harper's Ferry, Kansas, free …"

— Margaret

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