On Dec. 2, 1859 this militant abolitionist was hanged for treason
This 
text, written at Hauteville-House on December 2, 1859, warned of a possible civil 
war:... [DOC] [TLE] John Brown | American abolitionist | Britannica.com [PAR] Militant American abolitionist whose raid on the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, 
Va. (now in West Virginia) ... died.