[DOC] [TLE] John Brown (abolitionist) - Wikipedia [PAR] John Brown (May 9, 1800  December 2, 1859) was an American abolitionist 
who believed ... David S. Reynolds hails him as the man who "killed slavery, 
sparked the civil war, and ... The song John Brown's Body made him a martyr and 
was a popular Union .... After he was executed, his wife took his body there for 
burial. [DOC] [TLE] John Brown - Facts & Summary - HISTORY.com [PAR] Their goal was to capture supplies and use them to arm a slave rebellion. ... the 
raid and later hanged, but not before becoming an anti-slavery icon. ... John 
Brown declared bankruptcy at age 42 and had more than 20 lawsuits filed 
against him. ... Plea for Captain John Brown) before he was hanged on 
December 2, 1859. [DOC] [TLE] John Brown | HistoryNet [PAR] December 2, 1859, Charles Town, Virginia ... Rumors spread that the border 
ruffians intended to attack the anti-slavery settlers .... In thus embracing 
martyrdom, Brown himself became a cause among reformers and intellectuals in 
the North. ... He concluded that the violence which John Brown led made 
Kansas a free state... [DOC] [TLE] John Brown's Holy War | Program Description - PBS [PAR] On December 2, 1859, a tall, gaunt, fifty-nine-year-old man was executed in ... 
Was he a martyr or a madman, a fanatic or a hero? ... John Brown, Jr. sent an 
urgent letter to his father asking him to supply arms to the anti-slavery cause: "We
... [DOC] [TLE] John Brown - PBS [PAR] Part 2: 1750-1805 ... John Brown was a man of action -- a man who would not be 
deterred from his ... On October 16, 1859, he led 21 men on a raid of the federal 
arsenal at ... His lack of funds, however, did not keep him from supporting causes 
he ... Despite his contributions to the antislavery cause, Brown did not emerge as
... [DOC] [TLE] The Life and Trial of John Brown: A Commentary [PAR] The arrest, trial, and execution of John Brown in the fall of 1859 came at a critical 
... biography, John Brown, Abolitionist: The Man Who Killed Slavery, Sparked the 
Civil War, ... At an antislavery meeting in Ohio called to protest the murder, Brown 
suddenly ..... Then he sentenced him to be publicly hanged on December 2. [DOC] [TLE] John Brown facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com articles ... [PAR] John Brown (1800-1859) has been revered for generations as a martyr to the ... 
The Pottawatomie affair made him nationally known, and while some antislavery 
... of his Kansas activities, were impressed by his dedication to the abolitionist 
cause. ... Brown was hanged at Charles Town on Dec. 2, 1859, with four of his 
men,... [DOC] [TLE] John Brown | American abolitionist | Britannica.com [PAR] (now in West Virginia), in 1859 made him a martyr to the antislavery cause and 
was ... John Brown, (born May 9, 1800, Torrington, Conn., U.S.died Dec. 2, 
1859 .... collective response to his execution (in social movement: Characteristics 
of social ... As for historians he was a man obsessed who chose a lawless course 
in... [DOC] [TLE] John Brown Abolitionist 1800 1859 - American Civil War [PAR] Late on the night of October 16, 1859, John Brown and twenty-one armed ... an 
unparallelled devotion, "I could live for the slave, but he could die for him." Brown 
had lost two sons in the raid. Another son had already sacrificed his life for the 
anti-slavery cause in the ... His actions made John Brown a martyr to abolitionists. [DOC] [TLE] The Martyrdom of John Brown [PAR] The leader of the group was thought to be a tall, bearded old man by the name of 
... on that mid-October night in 1859 the name of John Brown was by no means 
an ... weeks that remained to him between his capture and execution, he thrilled

Question: This man's execution on December 2, 1859 made him a martyr to the anti-slavery cause
Answer: John Brown