His fame- as the real liberator of the
slaves, like his military achievement®*
will probably live forever, althamghe
he diedf by others' hands, a martyc td'
the cause for which he so earcasstly
fought.
Although born Ini Connecticut, JoTm
Brown was considered a native- of
Summit county, Ohio. There he con
ceived the principles for which he
fought and died a miserable death..
His faither, Owen. Brown, was of direct
Puritanic descent of the Mayflower
variety. He was ambitious to have?
John, become a minister. Poor*' eye
sight compelled the son to abandon
his studies. Instead' he became: a
farmer, with a knowledge of tanning,,
following the occupation, of the elder
Brown., Still later hep. developed &
liking for surveying..
Early in life Brown became & great
lover of cattle and sheep. ED® was
considered the best judge- ofr -wool in
the United States. At one- time be
fore he got into the limelight Brown
was engaged with his father in the
cattle business at Richmond*. Pa., Still
later he became the owner
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mous Adirondacks ia Essex county,
NeVt York. For five years fee, made a
living there.
It was in 1854, acording to a per
sonal friend, that John Brown started
on the road to fame and ignominious
death. Then Senator Stephen A.
Douglas of Illinois, with inordinate:
presidential aspirations, introduced ai
bill for opening to settlement ail ten*,
ritory north of Texas and west of th#
Missouri river under the name of Ne
braska.
This began1 the hard-run race be
tween slavery and freedom, and John
Brown was found in the thickest ol
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